tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20291114564989488712024-03-21T21:21:26.275-04:00MHPVA News BlogBlog for Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Association (MHPVA) newsEthical Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02645911381874413329noreply@blogger.comBlogger147125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029111456498948871.post-46000547011773213872024-03-21T15:22:00.066-04:002024-03-21T21:20:47.822-04:00Charles Brown: Thoughts on recumbent bicycle design<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">By Charles Brown, Southfield, Mich.</span><span style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></i></span></p>
<p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><br /></p>
<p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> I started building recumbent bicycles in the early 1980s. Back then, everyone was building long-wheelbase recumbents, and I became enamored of the design. </p>
<p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> I think most unsuspended short wheelbase recumbents have too rough a ride. I built three SWBs with front suspension; all climbed hills slower than unsuspended bikes. </p>
<p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> The pedaling motion seems to activate the suspension, so not all power goes to the back wheel. Some people claim to have overcome this, but don’t seem to have measured it. </p>
<p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> It seems to me a front wheel that moves straight back when you hit a bump might work. <span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: none; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal;">That is, it would take longer for the bike to rise up over the bump, smoothing the ride without a real suspension.</span> It would give a smoother ride by acting like a bigger wheel, yet not be affected by pedaling forces. But I haven’t tried it yet. </p>
<p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> Tom Traylor’s moving bottom bracket designs also give a good ride with short wheelbase.</p>
<p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> Having pretty much given up on suspension, I worked on modifying the usual long wheelbase bike. I raised the bottom bracket to get the rider in a more aerodynamic position. This also gave some room under the cranks to push the front wheel back, shortening the bike and getting some much-needed weight on the front wheel. The resulting bike isn’t too much longer than a short wheelbase.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ-mATCiE_jZwyDM4lv32ABUR0pL_AOp2RQ_cVpJKQ95oc3mi3f9-ZuDvzMTRvlbYIwaaokS5Co6uV0Vod8LGUHrxUYHfICIFIPwwJdcrMx3HAJj6NSNVxocbZVuBOiiEiokoGzltYdR1foASnIBeqch7XtXM6Q2tQtVyBu5qSiuIvwNntlHZQQvD7a2gk/s3081/better%20bike%20diagram.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2028" data-original-width="3081" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ-mATCiE_jZwyDM4lv32ABUR0pL_AOp2RQ_cVpJKQ95oc3mi3f9-ZuDvzMTRvlbYIwaaokS5Co6uV0Vod8LGUHrxUYHfICIFIPwwJdcrMx3HAJj6NSNVxocbZVuBOiiEiokoGzltYdR1foASnIBeqch7XtXM6Q2tQtVyBu5qSiuIvwNntlHZQQvD7a2gk/w400-h263/better%20bike%20diagram.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
<p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> This drawing shows what it would be if I did it over again. (As a serial HPV builder, I can tell you the <i style="font-style: normal;">next</i> one is always going to be perfect!) <i>(Editor's note: This drawing does not depict the bike under construction, shown in the final photo.The drawing shows what will be the bike after that, which will incorporate additional changes and a different front wheel.) </i></span></p>
<p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> I’ve built many generations of this design. Earlier ones used the front fork from a 27-inch wheel road bike, and I always wondered why the steering was never quite right. It turns out that even though there’s less weight on the front wheel, the shallow steering angle puts more stress on the front fork, causing it to flex. </span></p>
<p style="background-color: white; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> This was cured by using a shorter, stiffer fork. I give mine more rake by sawing notches on the top, bending them, and welding them back together. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDYyqXQj6FVJFuL7MqRHSiv-KPUbws6Rk_oi90PNcnaIY0_hsZQfvwrFcvUsTWbnGY_yWZTz3Fa38GP0f0oVTjgv4EXu6eOm5qV_zTyRswtezuoj5L7ypKqpR0PK9JoFOYTlsSRhSlMOXwWbo1Eo7GokcB-8pxNfPLFsRVspnhn_jPgh4Bh746M4CZdt7M/s1765/100_4505.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1197" data-original-width="1765" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDYyqXQj6FVJFuL7MqRHSiv-KPUbws6Rk_oi90PNcnaIY0_hsZQfvwrFcvUsTWbnGY_yWZTz3Fa38GP0f0oVTjgv4EXu6eOm5qV_zTyRswtezuoj5L7ypKqpR0PK9JoFOYTlsSRhSlMOXwWbo1Eo7GokcB-8pxNfPLFsRVspnhn_jPgh4Bh746M4CZdt7M/w400-h270/100_4505.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Charles Brown at the 2022 Michigan HPV Rally. Look close at the front fork and you can see where he modified it by cutting and bending to give it more rake.</i></span><br /><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
<p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> </span>The drawing shows how I’ve been making all my steel frames lately. A main tube, only about 1-1/2 inches diameter, handles all the torsional and lateral loads. Some very light truss work underneath adds strength in the vertical direction. If you put the tube that goes from the head tube to the bottom bracket at just the right angle, the tube bends neither up nor down under pedaling forces. More information on this and related topics in my articles posted Dec. 3, 2015, on www.recumbents.com.</p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0dxLQPTOWh5Vsyeko28-iiI9x9FM-ZH-QgSc5CNamWmUmkv9y-txIgFsO87Drznp_nSFxyfmcSBiSbHcrppXUlRW3bTRlwAoMPqQUeH58kGu6M8Ed8ujz2jDLp0Jv9UgPZwWjcJbDgCdEPvcJACgW6ZBxmvMv9XST8Ckq0XQR5yWfHmHqdKmcryiMdV12/s3264/IMG_3552.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0dxLQPTOWh5Vsyeko28-iiI9x9FM-ZH-QgSc5CNamWmUmkv9y-txIgFsO87Drznp_nSFxyfmcSBiSbHcrppXUlRW3bTRlwAoMPqQUeH58kGu6M8Ed8ujz2jDLp0Jv9UgPZwWjcJbDgCdEPvcJACgW6ZBxmvMv9XST8Ckq0XQR5yWfHmHqdKmcryiMdV12/w400-h300/IMG_3552.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Here's Charles' latest, under construction, which will use components off his 2022 bike, but is 3 pounds lighter than that bike. He plans to race it at this year's Michigan HPV Rally.</i></span></div><br /><p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> I believe a narrow, high pressure front tire improves the steering on a long wheelbase recumbent.</p>
<p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> I’ve built over 50 different recumbents, and like to delude myself into thinking I’ve learned something over the years. This isn’t a bad design.</p>
<p style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-emoji: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><br /></p>Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14555655123109522264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029111456498948871.post-55026301797922030132024-02-10T22:02:00.060-05:002024-03-14T21:24:23.703-04:0039th annual Michigan HPV Rally - June 15-16, 2024<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTq-hphUzFZLNKgo7hGeTg1v_yJnJHzhE_ObNCk7KXJs7rKkxpHthNtFLKNgcEfy7unFhLa-JIhdIyOIPQcXLBrZ4k90DFDYBGpKYQTQ-PVEOT_RTDwtRLPam5OuJBjB-OoBE4UlMxdI3aR_1-ymiLmjWy1t1lFtgsUwxsCFZM1ROV4m47VR5D0qwBGr5U/s4608/IMG_1069.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTq-hphUzFZLNKgo7hGeTg1v_yJnJHzhE_ObNCk7KXJs7rKkxpHthNtFLKNgcEfy7unFhLa-JIhdIyOIPQcXLBrZ4k90DFDYBGpKYQTQ-PVEOT_RTDwtRLPam5OuJBjB-OoBE4UlMxdI3aR_1-ymiLmjWy1t1lFtgsUwxsCFZM1ROV4m47VR5D0qwBGr5U/w400-h300/IMG_1069.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: arial;">The start of the first one-hour time trial at the 2023 Michigan HPV Rally.</i></div><p></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The 39th annual Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Rally will be Saturday and Sunday, June 15-16, 2024, at the Waterford Hills sports car racing track in Clarkston in southeastern Michigan, the location since 1986.The track is on the grounds of the Oakland County Sportsmen's Club, 4770 Waterford Road, Clarkston.</span></p><p style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial;">The oldest such event in North America is open to riders of all human powered vehicles – recumbents, streamliners, regular bicycles, tandems and handcycles. There are classes for streamlined, unstreamlined cycles, tandems, women, youth and tricycles. </span></span></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The rally is conducted using Human Powered Race America rules (go to www.recumbents.com, then under “recumbent racing,” click on “Human Powered Race America,” then on “racing rules.” Note: HPRA rules require all vehicles to have a mirroror or mirrors enabling rear vision to both sides. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The track, on the grounds of the Oakland County Sportsmen’s Club, is 1.4 miles around, with nine turns and one hill. Sunday races use a shorter course without the hill.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms", verdana, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #262626;"><span face="arialmt, sans-serif"><b>Entry fees: </b></span></span><span face="arialmt, sans-serif"><span style="color: #262626;">$30 for one day, $45 for two days. </span><span style="color: #1d1d1d;">C</span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms", verdana, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #262626;"><span face="helvetica, sans-serif">ollege and high school teams</span></span></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms", verdana, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #262626;">, $40 for first vehicle and rider; $10 for each additional </span></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms", verdana, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #262626;">vehicle or rider. <b>Online preregistration will probably start in May.</b> (Entry fees same as in 2023.)</span></span></div></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Following is a description of events, taken from last year, so tentative for this year:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Saturday, June 15, </b>9 a.m.-4 p.m. Registration starts at 8.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Arial;">ONE-HOUR TIME TRIALS: ride as many laps of the main 1.4 mile loop including one small hill, as you can in one hour, no drafting. Usually two races for faster and slower vehicles, and for folks who race two classes of bikes.</span></p><p style="font-family: Arial;">HILL CLIMB / COAST-DOWN; riders start at bottom of hill and race up it one at a time. Hill height is about 28 feet and max 4% grade. Once at top, riders start coasting until they stop and mark off their final position on the track. </p><p style="font-family: Arial;">KILOMETER: Racers start one at a time from a standing start and go 0.62 miles around course.</p><p style="font-family: Arial;">URBAN TRANSPORTATION CONTEST: Results based on hill climb / coast down score, obstacle course time and such features as lights, cargo carrying capacity, rearview mirrors, security against theft, weather protection in addition to fenders, bell, carrying tools.</p><p style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Sunday, </b>8 a.m.-noon approximately.</span></p><p style="font-family: Arial;">SPRINT EVENT: Racers start at top of hill, pedal down it one at time for an acceleration boost, then are timed over a 200-foot stretch.</p><p style="font-family: Arial;">ROAD RACES: Racers use part of main track (not including hill) and do 20 or 25 short laps (about 12.5 miles or 20 km).</p><p style="font-family: Arial;">Question, comments or suggestions, contact co-organizers Mike Eliasohn (mikethebike2325@comcast.net, 810-990-8919) or Mike Mowett (mowett@aol.com, 586- 863-3902). </p><p style="font-family: Arial;"><i>We don't know yet if concession stand will be open for lunch on Saturday and if we will have on-site dinner Saturday evening.</i></p><p><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #1d1d1d;"><span face="arialmt, sans-serif"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">TO GET TO THE RALLY:</span><span face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 12.61px;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></b></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #1d1d1d;">From I-75, get off at exit 91. Take M-15 south </span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #1d1d1d; font-family: arial;">to Dixie Hwy. (US-24). Turn left, continuing south about 1 mile and turn </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #1d1d1d; font-family: arial;">left onto Waterford Road, then proceed to track. If coming from the west, </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #1d1d1d; font-family: arial;">take U.S. 23 north (or south) to M-59 (Highland Road). Go east on M-59 </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #1d1d1d; font-family: arial;">to Airport Road, then left (north) to US-24. Turn left, then immediately right </span><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #1d1d1d; font-family: arial;">onto Waterford Road. Go about a half-mile to track.</span></p><p style="color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><b><span style="font-family: arial;">CAMPING</span></b></span></p><p style="color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Free camping available overnight Friday and Saturday in the infield of the Waterford Hills track, starting at 6 p.m. Friday. Restrooms, showers available and possibly electrical hookups.</span></span></p><p style="color: #262626; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">STATE CAMPGROUNDS (<a href="http://www.michigan.gov/dnr"><span style="color: #283341; font-kerning: none;">www.michigan.gov/dnr</span></a>, then click on "make a reservation.</span></span></p><p style="color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Highland Recreation Area, 5200 E. Highland Road (M-59), White Lake, 248-889-3750. Two miles east of Highland.</span></span></p><p style="color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Holly Recreation Area, 8100 Grange Road, Holly, 2486348811. Five miles east of Holly.</span></span></p><p style="color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Pontiac Lake Recreation Area, 7800 Gale Road, Waterford, 248-44471020. Closest to Waterford Hills track, about 4 miles west.</span></span></p><p style="color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">Website for each recreation area has list of campgrounds and phone numbers.</span></i></span></p><p style="color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">OAKLAND COUNTY: Groveland Oaks County Park, 14555 Dixie Hwy., Holly, northeast of Holly, 248-634-9811.</span></span></p><p style="color: #262626; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>HOTELS / MOTELS</b> (with approximate distances/direction from Waterford Hills track)</span></span></p><p style="color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Clarkston - Olde Mill Inn North, 6853 Dixie Hwy. (US-10), 248-625-1522, 12 rooms, 2 miles northeast.</span></span></p><p style="color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Clarkston - Olde Mill Inn of Clarkston, 5835 Dixie Hwy., 248-623-0300. Across Dixie Highway from Waterford Road leading to track. This is the closest motel to the track.</span></span></p><p style="color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Hartland - Best Western of Hartland, 10087 Highland Road (M-59) at US-23, 810-632-7177, 61 rooms. About 18 miles west.</span></span></p><p style="color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Waterford – American Inn and Suites, 7076 Highland Road (M-59), 248-666-8555, 111 rooms. About 3 miles southwest.</span></span></p><p style="color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Waterford – Holiday Inn Express, 4350 Pontiac Lake Road, 248-674-3434 / 866-430-6157, 83 rooms. About 7 miles southwest.</span></span></p><p style="color: #1d1d1d; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Whitmore Lake - Days Inn, 9897 Main St. (off US-23, exit 53), 734-550-0105, 61 rooms. About 33 miles southwest.</span></p>Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14555655123109522264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029111456498948871.post-38684010907089994772024-02-07T00:36:00.054-05:002024-03-13T20:28:18.304-04:00HPV articles, brochures, etc. (on paper) I want to give awayAt age 79, I’m in the “I can’t take it with me” stage of my life, so it’s time
to get rid of files I have on various human power topics, that is articles,
brochures, etc., on paper. Most predate the internet era and I was never
hesitant to write to a manufacturer or innovator to ask for more information.<div><br /></div><div>I’ll do more digging through my file cabinets, but here’s the files I currently
want to find new homes for, I’m willing to give them away for free, but would
like to be reimbursed for postage. I live in Michigan, but can mail them from
Canada, to save on postage.</div><div><br /></div><div>Mike Eliasohn, mikethebike2325@comcast.net,
810-990-8919</div><div><br /></div><div>Aerodynamics - mostly add-on fairings, wheel discs, etc.</div><div>Antiques, special interest, freak bikes, plastic frame bikes, etc.</div><div><strike>Arm and leg power, rear wheel steering, prone position (all in one file).</strike></div><div>Bicycle motors – obviously not human power, mostly gasoline, not
electric, dating to the 1970s. Cantilever hubs, that is, hubs supported on one
side only.</div><div>Boats, that is pedal-powered, propeller driven.
Included are the December 1986 Scientific America cover story, "Human-powered
Watercraft," at least 8 brochures for manufactured pedal-powered boats and a
1952 how-to-build article from the book, "The Boy Mechanic," for a pedal-powered
dual-hull boat that uses an upright bicycle frame.</div><div><strike>Folding bicycles – a very fat
file, information dating to 1970s.</strike></div><div><strike>Front wheel drive – dating to 1990s. </strike></div><div>Off road bikes, cruisers, suspension, BMX, etc. – upright bikes, but still interesting, info dating to 1980s.</div><div>Pedal
cars / velomobiles– dating to 1970s.</div><div>Transmission – two files, one devoted to
hub gears and hybrid systems and the other devoted to other (mostly)
non-derailleur systems, dating to 1970s.</div><div>Upright tricycles - mostly British (derailleur gears, two wheels in rear)</div><div>Suspension – including early mountain
bikes, dating to 1970s.</div><div>Yankee Bicycle / Nordic Track – an upright bike with
unique transmission and braking system, sold in 1990s. </div><div><br /></div><div>I also have the following
recumbent construction plans (on paper) that I want to get rid of, also free,
but would like to be reimbursed for postage.</div><div>- Alternative Bikestyles:
Construction of a Recumbent Bicycle (1985) – Similar to an Easy Racer Tour Easy
long wheelbase, Ed Roeters describes his design as "simple, practical and rugged
as possible." </div><div><strike>- Tom Traylor front wheel drive moving bottom bracket two-wheeler,
1982. (One of the early MBB designs.)</strike></div><div>- LaBent by Ladue two-wheels-in-rear
tricycle. </div><div>- LaBent by Ladue long-wheelbase two wheeler.</div><div>- Robert Q. Riley Ground
Hugger long wheelbase low racer with remote steering. (The original plans and
instructions appeared in Popular Mechanics in 1969.)</div><div> - PVC Projects (1993) - 20
projects made from PVC pipe, normally used for plumbing. Some have wheels, but
none are pedal-powered.But even if not using PVC for an HPV, it conceivably
could be used for a cycle-towed trailer, a cycle repair stand or ?
</div>Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14555655123109522264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029111456498948871.post-28648376871251393282024-03-06T21:53:00.007-05:002024-03-09T00:04:55.364-05:00Bicycles at Autorama in the Motor City<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiu8KV31m3MSbxtsRKNgu2Rzs8JoeciMCKW5r71GdWZzr2am10t4hx_019pjDOhzvHfsllIPztTTCIg5iQKwEd2xGTHXlbA7MJ2mBaDf1H81xPqBD8jsI-s9XdmvpYqZknrUE1aWhm3crx3o-CY50DngfER1LBjXUHizQW2o1SyGVcsq-Uns9LddFT2k0m/s4032/IMG_2260.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiu8KV31m3MSbxtsRKNgu2Rzs8JoeciMCKW5r71GdWZzr2am10t4hx_019pjDOhzvHfsllIPztTTCIg5iQKwEd2xGTHXlbA7MJ2mBaDf1H81xPqBD8jsI-s9XdmvpYqZknrUE1aWhm3crx3o-CY50DngfER1LBjXUHizQW2o1SyGVcsq-Uns9LddFT2k0m/w400-h300/IMG_2260.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><i> <span style="font-family: Arial;">The 71st annual Autorama in downtown Detroit took place March 1-3 with 800 or so hot rods, customs, race cars and street machines on display at Huntington Place, formerly Cobo Center.</span></i><p></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>But for many years now, bicycles also have been part of the show.</i></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>The big display is in the basement, organized by Ronnie Whitt of Scrap Yard Productions in Fowlerville. Entries are judged, in the categories of customs, restored and original, and low riders.</i></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><i>Here’s Mike Mowett’s photos and account of the bicycle displays:</i></span></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><i><br /></i></span></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">An interesting day….</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Bikes, Bikes and Cars - there was the usual big display of bikes underneath the escalator in basement lower level area. Each year I’ve seen them there. They are a mix of custom builds like you might see at a Detroit Slow Roll, a freakbikers meet up and a mix of old vintage bikes from like the 1960s, 70s, 80s. They had signs on them indicating their owners (though few if any were actually present to talk to). </span></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">There were maybe four from Lake Orion if I recall. One was an old bike, but the sign said it’s current owner was only 10 years old. </span></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaSwJ4F0qvpuBeZHD9CGtHsN2cki_C_4P2NZDujBC3SXCrhlDlCO8ByvmTjgdyQ_rAbwWRQLfs28wsdhNSTMJZAQCU0F0bLCKPZurqS5neq9ftenWkJYfMPWxE4x2xADcCXiCvxRZ77pIbzAkLbK3jSIrm0TTyI1QMVbEtt0SXHVKwxdqzsrDhkouXLdd3/s4032/IMG_2280.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaSwJ4F0qvpuBeZHD9CGtHsN2cki_C_4P2NZDujBC3SXCrhlDlCO8ByvmTjgdyQ_rAbwWRQLfs28wsdhNSTMJZAQCU0F0bLCKPZurqS5neq9ftenWkJYfMPWxE4x2xADcCXiCvxRZ77pIbzAkLbK3jSIrm0TTyI1QMVbEtt0SXHVKwxdqzsrDhkouXLdd3/w300-h400/IMG_2280.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">One bike I liked had the same Detroit News canvas saddle bag for holding newspapers that I used for 3 years as a paperboy</span></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; 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font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-style: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">Some other photos: </span></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-feature-settings: normal; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In the world of freak bikes, this is what is known as a burrito bike (very low riding position) and a heel scraper (pedals very close to the ground). Notice the steering set-up. (Scrap Yard Productions photo)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiek70ysqbu9oEEPLh8dDGAPINl3kO-xzYhgRE6hZ_WWplzEKSgKxrbiAqZw72eOwm6wJyivxVrZBjoQWrVFtslLT_hkef-kbKFa8IuVuMx4w1G8_nouG5QRSTtoAp1KGhsvN0hJWuHSmbVQnaqD4Ty9BzfK3fStu28xZpvLlYw5najRS7Kyhzd8oowof7M/s4032/IMG_2278.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiek70ysqbu9oEEPLh8dDGAPINl3kO-xzYhgRE6hZ_WWplzEKSgKxrbiAqZw72eOwm6wJyivxVrZBjoQWrVFtslLT_hkef-kbKFa8IuVuMx4w1G8_nouG5QRSTtoAp1KGhsvN0hJWuHSmbVQnaqD4Ty9BzfK3fStu28xZpvLlYw5najRS7Kyhzd8oowof7M/w400-h300/IMG_2278.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ3MGJCLLfmZiyVDgnbI6acfpjLXPDn0PArsOo4dZ_ZrYInXZ-w_0AR_qPa5ZOWzlkO5SxchsVBUMoar71EdVB5HwMXo4X1EIp7YJsZnUmRjfNJo85oHzfLsr7RVhk8bRDnLuWTI2O_YtLadAYn0VR7CblLv3zbhU4fj3Pagb0dhOtpqaxDdIyyMUEAjD4/s4032/IMG_2277.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ3MGJCLLfmZiyVDgnbI6acfpjLXPDn0PArsOo4dZ_ZrYInXZ-w_0AR_qPa5ZOWzlkO5SxchsVBUMoar71EdVB5HwMXo4X1EIp7YJsZnUmRjfNJo85oHzfLsr7RVhk8bRDnLuWTI2O_YtLadAYn0VR7CblLv3zbhU4fj3Pagb0dhOtpqaxDdIyyMUEAjD4/w400-h300/IMG_2277.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: left;">There was another area for bikes on the main floor of the show. I’d label it as “show bikes” maybe intended to give entertainment to some like-minded kids. A set of creepy dolls kinda added to this effect.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1mbUaTZ-cmFepy5oidnmH1QCrUd2O0YlsN6fxy2jJHJF2YcnAtpLjY56w7x6zKiZy_NOxrpK1Y0-ZM4x0-kri8OpM4NhKMrL6t3_-sniCXlJxAYlN6RHGT0-A_yYa0oNbe2fcRYYsVhGk_rDzyX-9qjMDtkSDBf7_QLTo6x7NLtvY1YJk2Z4lts6jJ0xe/s4032/IMG_2239.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1mbUaTZ-cmFepy5oidnmH1QCrUd2O0YlsN6fxy2jJHJF2YcnAtpLjY56w7x6zKiZy_NOxrpK1Y0-ZM4x0-kri8OpM4NhKMrL6t3_-sniCXlJxAYlN6RHGT0-A_yYa0oNbe2fcRYYsVhGk_rDzyX-9qjMDtkSDBf7_QLTo6x7NLtvY1YJk2Z4lts6jJ0xe/w400-h300/IMG_2239.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Anyways we didn’t spend much time at this location as crowds, especially on Saturday always feel like they are moving or pushing you along. I checked the number of visitors for last year's Autorama in Detroit. It was over 140,000 visitors for the three-day weekend. Other shows on the custom car calendar circuit in places as far away as California and the East Coast don’t get close to that number.. Guess we still are “the Motor City”.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkMb4Ygb1EUN9VR5IM4GcuVAE9ehbyuNS3yo9k3sAV49O_nzf9ro2AjiRQ3dpfRvGBdPPZTnsWjRngtb2pHW0fyORmp4dSgJus38tQu2D_6T1rvhgnRZ0QTl_pDJLqLFZFNC4z_Ck4lrFnFBJyPB9-IJHRTzmDXahDRwpt6zqcUsaHQTiX61DjgrNl5p2a/s4032/IMG_2242.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkMb4Ygb1EUN9VR5IM4GcuVAE9ehbyuNS3yo9k3sAV49O_nzf9ro2AjiRQ3dpfRvGBdPPZTnsWjRngtb2pHW0fyORmp4dSgJus38tQu2D_6T1rvhgnRZ0QTl_pDJLqLFZFNC4z_Ck4lrFnFBJyPB9-IJHRTzmDXahDRwpt6zqcUsaHQTiX61DjgrNl5p2a/w400-h300/IMG_2242.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKLT9gB0Q7XViGa6m7eWt-EKvj9Rlafv2Q5MPXvJ0PcVgbM2IC2xeucDrmfx0hjrIMLkoJx6lIgfRhxkFRqjyOZ0lqo6ZZiwQkXUVCjTpCBEpfAKNKLwgXsEq9ZJyW7b99YQoxweLk_lcdICWR7W5IQi1N5FGPcQSw9rgUIjhxnAnNNUsBYDcBYl7PKhO/s4032/IMG_2233.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJKLT9gB0Q7XViGa6m7eWt-EKvj9Rlafv2Q5MPXvJ0PcVgbM2IC2xeucDrmfx0hjrIMLkoJx6lIgfRhxkFRqjyOZ0lqo6ZZiwQkXUVCjTpCBEpfAKNKLwgXsEq9ZJyW7b99YQoxweLk_lcdICWR7W5IQi1N5FGPcQSw9rgUIjhxnAnNNUsBYDcBYl7PKhO/w400-h300/IMG_2233.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> </span><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">Thirdly, there were some bikes on roof racks atop cars or vans at the show. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"><i>For more photos and videos of the Autorama bike show and some bike builds, go to the Scrap Yard Productions Facebook page.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></div>Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14555655123109522264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029111456498948871.post-1082498839247304872024-02-26T21:03:00.001-05:002024-02-26T21:03:55.459-05:00Vintage homebuilt trike needs new owner<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioZ8Z5esiFilGlDO_Cbot2JvMkYDqtsi7llmprWje2IhGEHJu80o4r4usWC7yKn32K_SRaxGm7clcy3XqzXLXDg00YDvbSf-VHuXrYumGDi1g5nnunac7T55iykI0dOWD9snT-yz5JLwXjgeHr61JKkoheEtgxuY9eCIZnAy9MLqDsUyDi3EAMDJvyrpnl/s640/WZ6fhrrY7z00uc20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="360" data-original-width="640" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioZ8Z5esiFilGlDO_Cbot2JvMkYDqtsi7llmprWje2IhGEHJu80o4r4usWC7yKn32K_SRaxGm7clcy3XqzXLXDg00YDvbSf-VHuXrYumGDi1g5nnunac7T55iykI0dOWD9snT-yz5JLwXjgeHr61JKkoheEtgxuY9eCIZnAy9MLqDsUyDi3EAMDJvyrpnl/w400-h225/WZ6fhrrY7z00uc20.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">Vinta</span><p></p><blockquote style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 5pt;"><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">Mark Bannan of Saginaw built this recumbent tricycle in 1983 and with construction of a new trike underway, would like to give the old one away. Ideally, he would like to see it go to a young racer just starting (or to his or her parents?).<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">If interested, contact Mark at <a href="mailto:markbannan.mbe@gmail.com">markbannan.mbe@gmail.com<br /></a></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">Since the photo was taken, the deraileur gearing has been replaced with a NuVinci N360 continuously variable internal gear hub and new tires installed (20 inch front, 700c rear).<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">The frame is aluminum, with the main tube 2-inch diameter 1/8th inch wall 6061 aluminum. Mark guesses the trike weighs about 37 pounds.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">The seat can slide back and forth about 4 inches. The trike only has the single rear brake.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">It was raced by friend Dave Wilson at the International Human Powered Speed Championships in Indianapolis in 1983 and at the Hull (Ontario) Cycling Festival in 1984.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Mark has ridden his creation on the streets of Saginaw, so it is also suitable for recreational riding. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><br /></div></blockquote><blockquote style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 5pt;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0in 0in 5.25pt;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); margin: 0in;"><span style="color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 5pt; margin-top: 5pt;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><br /></p></blockquote>Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14555655123109522264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029111456498948871.post-7522301182416202932023-06-26T22:29:00.035-04:002024-02-17T21:36:39.969-05:0038th annual Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Rally<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguVpcq88xzqgxUaaPHtGO3e9GgSc1cpRfH6b_yq4FCC3qn1kYmuThSCVQYTgGOBbPH25KcWMKABJa2zmcMhNKOkFpBioIBTKg42jXryn1oW4uNqcuPVtr8abW_gCJELMfaRO6KCMreuPvoGsVsglLJGq2iYziaqiah6je2biq20o4BLdat0daePH9zWQyt/s3264/IMG_3226.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguVpcq88xzqgxUaaPHtGO3e9GgSc1cpRfH6b_yq4FCC3qn1kYmuThSCVQYTgGOBbPH25KcWMKABJa2zmcMhNKOkFpBioIBTKg42jXryn1oW4uNqcuPVtr8abW_gCJELMfaRO6KCMreuPvoGsVsglLJGq2iYziaqiah6je2biq20o4BLdat0daePH9zWQyt/w400-h300/IMG_3226.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>The picnic pavilion at the Waterford Hills sports car racing track also made a fine work area for the University of Toronto Human-Powered Vehicles Design Team, which came with 14 students and seven vehicles – five of them student built. </i> (Charles Brown photo)</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>By Mike Eliasohn</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 38th annual Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Rally June 17-18, 2023, was marked by good weather, good turnout and some records being set.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Complete results can be seen by clicking on:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1B2221AShyvPTBR3MS0w3P8PpT0O39ey6K8hmbl5o8us/edit?usp=drivesdk</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Or go to <i>recumbents.com</i>, then <i>HPRA racing results and photos</i>, then <i>2023 Michigan HPRA Racing results.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">About half the participants were from the University of Toronto Human-Powered Vehicles Design Team (www.hpvdt.ca), which came with 14 students (not all raced) and seven vehicles, three of them streamliners. Of the 11 or so years the U-T has participated in our event, I (Mike E.) think that's the most students ever.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Due to lack of time, interest or entrants, three scheduled events on Saturday were not held – hot laps, tricycle race and the urban transportation contest. There were no junior class entrants (15 and younger).</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOGrmVq55HXyhXv4u_f7a6uNsJ5QVF-jqCPEhjAIE4Fd28qRqCLej-dff6BjCqCgAIjzIjE5JjjE9yxmSkSRtNFVX6QajbS1x6Y0zZHQCQMw2zafo1Rs9ZQ4DMDb77pg0ZaHzOXP842ZlatGZi7hAZjUwuFygboudnsPgzwB8b864FvP3CdOQpZG15Mr6K/s4608/IMG_1087.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOGrmVq55HXyhXv4u_f7a6uNsJ5QVF-jqCPEhjAIE4Fd28qRqCLej-dff6BjCqCgAIjzIjE5JjjE9yxmSkSRtNFVX6QajbS1x6Y0zZHQCQMw2zafo1Rs9ZQ4DMDb77pg0ZaHzOXP842ZlatGZi7hAZjUwuFygboudnsPgzwB8b864FvP3CdOQpZG15Mr6K/w400-h300/IMG_1087.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Jonathan Walters of Cincinnati on his NoCom low racer waits for the start of the hill climb on Saturday afternoon. He won the stock class (18 entries) and set a record for the stock class 1-hour, 28.2 miles. (Mike Eliasohn photo)</i></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Here's the top finishers in each class:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Streamliners</b> (5 entries) – 1) Dennis Grelk, Donnellson, Iowa, Cuda W streamliner, built by Warren Beauchamp, 337 points; 2) John Simon, Portland, Moby streamliner, 297; 3) Univ. of Toronto, various riders, 220.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Streetliner</b> (2 entries) – 1) Jeff Hunn, North Manchester, Ind., DF XL velomobile, 300; 2) Charles Brown, Southfield, homebuilt two wheeler with silver "torso" fairing, 110.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Stock</b> (18 entries) – 1) Jonathan Walters, Cincinnati, Ohio, NoCom low racer, 340; 2) Dennis Grelk, homebuilt low racer, 700c wheels, 311; 3) Thom Ollinger, West Milton, Ohio, Morciglio Raptor, 286.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Women</b> (1 entry) – 1) Claire Nolet, Univ. of Toronto, Speedmachine recumbent, 180.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Tricycles</b> (1 entry) – 1) Marshall Randall, Rockford, GreenSpeed Aero, 60 points.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-f5zpQUhdjwS7uOFPncdKEGMyxSPd2y8O4A89XCS2tSv5Zte903z35uZWX1h63iqibydEYqm50DL41i6BMI2jAjCaJNn9Ce0gD9m95I3DKteEV9ooTrezF_x9Gmlc8isZY-O3QiinAMyeYu6qlJutnYZ-yrt6H3XFL3zQRmWa1nR-y1ZsWX8OhLTT9M5e/s642/PXL_20230617_151216275.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="523" data-original-width="642" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-f5zpQUhdjwS7uOFPncdKEGMyxSPd2y8O4A89XCS2tSv5Zte903z35uZWX1h63iqibydEYqm50DL41i6BMI2jAjCaJNn9Ce0gD9m95I3DKteEV9ooTrezF_x9Gmlc8isZY-O3QiinAMyeYu6qlJutnYZ-yrt6H3XFL3zQRmWa1nR-y1ZsWX8OhLTT9M5e/w400-h326/PXL_20230617_151216275.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Marshall Randall on his GreenSpeed Aero only had time for the 1-hour time trial Saturday morning before having to leave. His average of 23.5 miles was a record for the tricycle class; the old mark of 20.5 miles was set in 2008. Marshall is director of sales and marketing for WizWheelz in Grand Rapids, maker of TerraTrike and GreenSpeed recumbent tricycles. (Marilyn Solomon photo)</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Here's the top two in each class in each event (if only one is listed, that's all who competed):</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>One-hour time trials:</b> Stock – 1) Dennis Grelk, 28.62 miles/46.06 km, 2) Jonathan Walters, 28.207/ 45.39. Streamliner – 1) Dennis Grelk, 31.8 miles/51.18 km, 2) John Simon, 27.51 / 44.27. Streetliner – 1) Jeff Hunn, 25.44 miles/40.85 km. Women – 1) Claire Nolet, 19.922 miles/32.06 km. Trike – 1) Marshall Randall, 23.47 miles / 37.77 km (record).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Dennis' bike fits the requirements of the now defunct super stock class and he exceeded the old super stock record of 26.7 miles, set in 2004. Meanwhile, Jonathan broke the old stock class record of 27.7 miles, set in 2005. Both old marks were held by Frank Geyer, aka "Franknspeed."</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnWHJU98Z1-WcxtCKW4YuhpjhCcJr2BMQCVETCSrqEMieAlrzQyFRxiZAQvXpg0DrXR3llgmEW4ildEM9u6vY7odeIIgtl1M26_ZK4BDVQcf6Q0iUWnTDNuSk7tkq5iYkxTtfiB0yi3O0sxksW6XRzUVF4xh6Q-BEWO02leZQiE2wCB8PjpLhZ0js8K-SM/s4608/IMG_1068.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnWHJU98Z1-WcxtCKW4YuhpjhCcJr2BMQCVETCSrqEMieAlrzQyFRxiZAQvXpg0DrXR3llgmEW4ildEM9u6vY7odeIIgtl1M26_ZK4BDVQcf6Q0iUWnTDNuSk7tkq5iYkxTtfiB0yi3O0sxksW6XRzUVF4xh6Q-BEWO02leZQiE2wCB8PjpLhZ0js8K-SM/w400-h300/IMG_1068.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Lining up for the start of the first 1-hour time trial on Saturday morning. Winner Dennis Grelk (28.62 miles) is on the low racer on the right (orange vertical stripe). (Mike E. photo)</i></span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Hill climb:</b> Stock – 1) J. Walters, 19.522 seconds, 2) Mike Mowett, Detroit, Cervelo upright bike, 20.272 sec. Streamliner – 1) Ethan Elba, U-T Tempest, 23.315, 2) Lincoln MacDonald, U-T, Tempest, 24.211. Streetliner – 1) J. Hunn, 29.778, dnf) Charles Brown, chain broke. Women – 1) C. Nolet, 28.018 sec,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Coast down </b>(when riders get to top of hill, they stop pedaling, the coast as far as they can go, then mark where they stopped with chalk mark on pavement. Finishing order recorded, but not how far they coasted. Some U-T riders chose to keep pedaling back to the start line for another hill climb attempt or to the pits, so didn't compete in the coast down): Streamliner – 1) D. Grelk, 2) L. MacDonald. Stock – 1) D. Grelk, 2) T. Ollinger. Streetliner – 1) J. Hunn.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOA13Uyyf3jaVzjBTV3gWMyK6hRv8lVPc42L-MLwT5OA8XgiO1xLMKwNuYgfVXuUC3B7zPHfKSUx6JbYLDQdWDzW_5CakhUpmf4YRcd5GDJDBdZ25UFE9j12WzQ_o9nAp-3__luUffX7_GQcaWHnCwKyuK1xDzj6tTsaO0CX8O8KV6RfZkcG-SOPgrKYDO/s652/PXL_20230617_151437271.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="491" data-original-width="652" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOA13Uyyf3jaVzjBTV3gWMyK6hRv8lVPc42L-MLwT5OA8XgiO1xLMKwNuYgfVXuUC3B7zPHfKSUx6JbYLDQdWDzW_5CakhUpmf4YRcd5GDJDBdZ25UFE9j12WzQ_o9nAp-3__luUffX7_GQcaWHnCwKyuK1xDzj6tTsaO0CX8O8KV6RfZkcG-SOPgrKYDO/w400-h301/PXL_20230617_151437271.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Dennis Grelk has successfully raced his homebuilt low racer for many years, but has added fabric to cover any "gaps" for added streamlining, which is legal in the stock class. He finished second in the class. He also raced his streamliner, ran the timing system and drove with his mother, Mary, from Donnellson, Iowa – more than 1,000 miles round-trip. (Marilyn S. photo)</i></span></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Standing start kilometer: </b> Stock – 1) G. Walters, 70.943 seconds, 2) Ron Wyatt, ?, Morciglio Raptor mid racer, 75.1. Streamliner – 1) D. Grelk, 81.1 sec., 2) J. Simon, 84.0 sec. No streetliner, women's or tricycle entries.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR2gTv-B80su4qKQ3vSh7cxBbyJiR8D2VLtGJcmQgA-Wv6pSZmhbW6cPu_Gt4PchDIAjlAaa6yXDt4MQgIWqfEdQwvpTntMKLTlbrjYVh3Mp5pm8WHEsUgDvZgWI6041nt1jLHVbxIh7dUppP6AuHtCU--Dql5ooR2x8y9Db34PuAPGj7D7VpnqRMAZm6L/s633/IMG_3303.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="467" data-original-width="633" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR2gTv-B80su4qKQ3vSh7cxBbyJiR8D2VLtGJcmQgA-Wv6pSZmhbW6cPu_Gt4PchDIAjlAaa6yXDt4MQgIWqfEdQwvpTntMKLTlbrjYVh3Mp5pm8WHEsUgDvZgWI6041nt1jLHVbxIh7dUppP6AuHtCU--Dql5ooR2x8y9Db34PuAPGj7D7VpnqRMAZm6L/w400-h295/IMG_3303.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><i><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Dennis Grelk won the streamliner class in his Cuda W streamliner, built by Warren Beauchamp. (Charles B. photo)</span></i></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>SUNDAY EVENTS</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">A new "non-hill" course was used for the road races, in place of the course used for the past several years. A lap was .624 mile, or just over 1 kilometer.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>20-lap road race (12.5 miles/20 km): </b>Stock – 1) D. Grelk, 27 minutes at an average speed of 27.7 mph/44.6 kph, 2) J. Walters. Streamliner – 1) L. MacDonald, U-T Vortex, 17 laps completed, 22.25 mph/35.8 kph, 2) C. Nolet, U-T Tempest, 4 laps completed.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjljrR0IXndeW5_wNUIAcEBtt8QR0ONlgdR1TcXZMzHTSjSn7ENV5hoxpBwSR9KSd90EjiCYFMhSdXV0mPYd_z2foPnqQeO-VbNmHA22do2p1-nchGEfe12yZ_KCxVbeCJYMS8l8UFtZC14FAxawhlabqKMErZvGpXFi3ikhHWxB5A6CVBq4I_bz0cCLSrO/s639/PXL_20230617_151703805.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="481" data-original-width="639" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjljrR0IXndeW5_wNUIAcEBtt8QR0ONlgdR1TcXZMzHTSjSn7ENV5hoxpBwSR9KSd90EjiCYFMhSdXV0mPYd_z2foPnqQeO-VbNmHA22do2p1-nchGEfe12yZ_KCxVbeCJYMS8l8UFtZC14FAxawhlabqKMErZvGpXFi3ikhHWxB5A6CVBq4I_bz0cCLSrO/w400-h301/PXL_20230617_151703805.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>One of the three University of Toronto streamliners. (Marilyn S. photo)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><b>25-lap road race</b> (15,6 miles/25 km): Streamliners – 1) D. Grelk, 33.16 minutes at average speed of 28.13 mph / 45.26 kph, 2) J. Simon. Streetliner – 1) J. Hunn, 22 laps at average speed of 34.4 mph / 38.2 kph. Stock – 1) C. Nolet, Speedmachiner, 19 laps at average speed of 20.4 mph / 32.8 kph. 2) Ian Wu and Dylan Ngan (change of riders), U-T, Baron low racer, 16 laps.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><b>200 foot sprints </b>(top speed event): Streamliner – 1) Bill Kong, U-T Vortex, 44.22 mph / 71.16 kph. (Note: Final run of the day and Kong's only run), 2) D. Grelk, 41.99 mph /67.57 kph. Stock – 1) J. Walters, 41.51 mph / 66.81 kph, 2) D. Grelk, 39.61 mph / 63.74 kph. Streetliner –1) J. Hunn, 38.05 mph / 61.24 kph. No women's or tricycle entries.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKVlHXCcPsZZvo8z1obmSZBmqkKzi5awjvjyeHApDDHZ8U4QtXXySglA0bmrRuKBfSm28ibgibhCH1yET1rvs9A4hDEDnef00eU-xwenfFc_IzNe0Xn9as2_lyZzVvqdK4vGbCSJVeB82H9DneqUYE-SS2CGyE6czv65FWbT0DmlF0NjgvXRbpoN68mc-P/s4608/IMG_1091.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKVlHXCcPsZZvo8z1obmSZBmqkKzi5awjvjyeHApDDHZ8U4QtXXySglA0bmrRuKBfSm28ibgibhCH1yET1rvs9A4hDEDnef00eU-xwenfFc_IzNe0Xn9as2_lyZzVvqdK4vGbCSJVeB82H9DneqUYE-SS2CGyE6czv65FWbT0DmlF0NjgvXRbpoN68mc-P/w400-h300/IMG_1091.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><i>It's been a few years since Cyrus Furbush competed at the Michigan HPV Rally. He made his return by pedaling his M5 high racer 66.5 miles / 107 km from his home in Tecumseh to the track. He said he started about 7 p.m. Friday and arrived at 4 a.m. Saturday. At the track, he had to remove the lights and rear carrier rack and everything he carried for two nights of camping, then Sunday afternoon, reverse the process. He then pedaled home, arriving about 1 a.m. Monday. He's shown here waiting to start the hill climb Saturday </i>afternoon.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMkVNbXalyErPzP95xEjmcKIgbXl-WoFI7parz_ibI8yFzhj1CHGNm2HMeNmEc3ouGzM66uLfbbySurKSXOed7k368P_wYDlkjmAWt0fk_q7b3lydGKB4rI_d-1BvVNqcObXOjO61psxPelLjvo4iU88cLivPy4gytqyBvIwiEa1VAv9PT15roJSUExzJl/s4608/IMG_1083.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMkVNbXalyErPzP95xEjmcKIgbXl-WoFI7parz_ibI8yFzhj1CHGNm2HMeNmEc3ouGzM66uLfbbySurKSXOed7k368P_wYDlkjmAWt0fk_q7b3lydGKB4rI_d-1BvVNqcObXOjO61psxPelLjvo4iU88cLivPy4gytqyBvIwiEa1VAv9PT15roJSUExzJl/w400-h300/IMG_1083.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">Jeff Hunn of North Manchester, Ind., had the only velomobile at this year's rally, a carbon fiber DF XL, and won the streetliner class over one other competitor. </span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Vehicles in the class can have any number of wheels, any number of riders, wheel discs/covers and some type of fairing. (Mike E. photo)</span></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlW_FyUaebx64d5AjqQgfp2zOxwRfN_r62GO88vN1qB5nwuvVPA1zsPiffsF0bjrofnoSdh1HSE0XJvGaNpxFqg7wZP2vjsgYgtEVxfJGsfxkdl45TgPQQkvQkVoTHY70n_OqjvKNzw3p748Ejrsz4lQ55YtyODjFOVNEdTbNPFYUee8j9hrbMBkWDSBuO/s882/PXL_20230617_132609975.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="496" data-original-width="882" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlW_FyUaebx64d5AjqQgfp2zOxwRfN_r62GO88vN1qB5nwuvVPA1zsPiffsF0bjrofnoSdh1HSE0XJvGaNpxFqg7wZP2vjsgYgtEVxfJGsfxkdl45TgPQQkvQkVoTHY70n_OqjvKNzw3p748Ejrsz4lQ55YtyODjFOVNEdTbNPFYUee8j9hrbMBkWDSBuO/s320/PXL_20230617_132609975.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><i>It was not the best of Michigan HPV Rallies for Charles Brown of Southfield, the other streetliner competitor. </i><i>He started Saturday morning with his wearable fairing made of 1-inch construction foam (that is, he puts the fairing on, then gets on the bike). (Marilyn S. photo) </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibI3lOB9Gl23FGfGybgXiYEZ1yytfDJftaj3YyO3IF_BCzs4qlsMOR5mmpFfr37aDiIH64pzqWH4hONb5cZErNHbNqdwHtBp_i6TRuAUJ3iBWqhnSVb_DIpZslQdvxjXR4Pjr9jm4Qfewt7DM3xpO1Lp9KPnICxT3jqmZgXUYQGEsAMvO8h82wnPpkYWc2/s4608/IMG_1097.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibI3lOB9Gl23FGfGybgXiYEZ1yytfDJftaj3YyO3IF_BCzs4qlsMOR5mmpFfr37aDiIH64pzqWH4hONb5cZErNHbNqdwHtBp_i6TRuAUJ3iBWqhnSVb_DIpZslQdvxjXR4Pjr9jm4Qfewt7DM3xpO1Lp9KPnICxT3jqmZgXUYQGEsAMvO8h82wnPpkYWc2/s320/IMG_1097.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><i style="font-family: arial;"><br /></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><i>But he had problems with the fairing, so by Saturday afternoon's hill climb, his homebuilt bike was naked. But on one of three rides up the hill, the chain broke. (Mike E.)</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZuoRnG69nZjWSBN1MVP150xIcwdYh0_DjefwK3GOBVtrYhhiOW6f1DWkEcwgHJI89agqVMxUDkorxNfkWe84fjzxBeO8gVYu49qYqHVOVlCVPbkf0ZwUQfoNePBsofVk7z2xpoFpSiV1Z6RVAbWWLgq3kgaAEdDs8eLIY_yZUWOrBPkEpiz7M862_5NNi/s947/IMG_1366.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="631" data-original-width="947" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZuoRnG69nZjWSBN1MVP150xIcwdYh0_DjefwK3GOBVtrYhhiOW6f1DWkEcwgHJI89agqVMxUDkorxNfkWe84fjzxBeO8gVYu49qYqHVOVlCVPbkf0ZwUQfoNePBsofVk7z2xpoFpSiV1Z6RVAbWWLgq3kgaAEdDs8eLIY_yZUWOrBPkEpiz7M862_5NNi/w400-h265/IMG_1366.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><i>Rally co-organizer Mike Mowett of Detroit gets an assist from Tedd Wheeler to stay upright before starting the hillclimb. Mike also competed on his Morciglio M1 low racer. He and Dennis Grelk, in addition to handling timing and scoring and other duties, were the only solo (that is, non U-T) competitors to race their own two bikes. (Hannah Dempster photo)</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqyr_vTAkXYzReVaUwZs5bM2NshKklj9im40yoGMU6KkJlq51f_9yRIXyyeysmENwMEhsbngPKLQbPZ-5VMLJ2xTmnJGi8tDfB8ZhZCaZf4qQzPf54WqONfEj_6TjA31NjvtQi94GMDQv_fuOOsa2CtVPfshPwM0Hx9wn_15Jqmt0iYyoFsuXrnt_tDPUy/s4608/IMG_1085.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqyr_vTAkXYzReVaUwZs5bM2NshKklj9im40yoGMU6KkJlq51f_9yRIXyyeysmENwMEhsbngPKLQbPZ-5VMLJ2xTmnJGi8tDfB8ZhZCaZf4qQzPf54WqONfEj_6TjA31NjvtQi94GMDQv_fuOOsa2CtVPfshPwM0Hx9wn_15Jqmt0iYyoFsuXrnt_tDPUy/w400-h300/IMG_1085.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><i>Here's Mike on his Morciglio M1, waiting to start the hill climb.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzpxtQsqU-Nh4kOeYEqgN-DbouWn6wEpixkUICAswx-5QYj7d9beh0ckdzcjmsLDnyUeNA8YYcirRDA8GPVLiQRVrcR_qEGhXWNtt6K_E_6L-iiT3WHKI6NaZ6NFGdaDjGyiPt6u3ksVj1bAz_roUFj_66o-sTSkhJ4hGhG-8WekDACruxrp4yfGN5gYcG/s947/IMG_1388.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="631" data-original-width="947" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzpxtQsqU-Nh4kOeYEqgN-DbouWn6wEpixkUICAswx-5QYj7d9beh0ckdzcjmsLDnyUeNA8YYcirRDA8GPVLiQRVrcR_qEGhXWNtt6K_E_6L-iiT3WHKI6NaZ6NFGdaDjGyiPt6u3ksVj1bAz_roUFj_66o-sTSkhJ4hGhG-8WekDACruxrp4yfGN5gYcG/s320/IMG_1388.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><i>Ishtey Amminger, who started competing in the Michigan rally in the junior class in 2015 at age 12, this year had to drive from his job at a summer camp in Arkansas to the home of his father, Peter, in Memphis, Tenn., and they then drove to Waterford Hills (and the reverse). On his Cruzbike Vendetta, Ishtey finished 6th in the stock class. (Hannah D. photo</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKwsH2Lk40Ho3_4wmEQJ9Kj9Nz2Ift33FC9_wMr9HJKisRdkB-Omrb1StGQCyvBPuwcRgEY4X9zjWvJ2GVfspgrTFsp_21OBSOFkO4vSuoU0XGNa-fiZ9NsnXQqjMYSd-3xyO4tAT5KyaP96oZ8oQbqvZqwgBi2fJXWTgXdnR9cI-rTbkshW4C2ULSHXLg/s947/IMG_1086.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="631" data-original-width="947" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKwsH2Lk40Ho3_4wmEQJ9Kj9Nz2Ift33FC9_wMr9HJKisRdkB-Omrb1StGQCyvBPuwcRgEY4X9zjWvJ2GVfspgrTFsp_21OBSOFkO4vSuoU0XGNa-fiZ9NsnXQqjMYSd-3xyO4tAT5KyaP96oZ8oQbqvZqwgBi2fJXWTgXdnR9cI-rTbkshW4C2ULSHXLg/w400-h265/IMG_1086.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><i style="font-family: arial;">Dan Glatch of Waterford, Wis., competed on the front-wheel-drive Milwaukee Flyer, minus its usual full fairing, which made transporting it much easier. It was designed and built by Mike Kramer of South Africa for Wimpie van den Merwe,also from S.A., who </i><i style="font-family: arial;">raced it at an HPV event in Minnesota in the early 1990s</i><i style="font-family: arial;">, then sold it to Dennis Northey, rather than taking it back home. Dan and Bob Jung are now the owners. Dan said it was maybe only the second time he has raced the Flyer minus the fairing. 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(about 1,640 miles round-trip) first raced his homebuilt low racer at the 2017 Michigan rally, then returned this year. For more information, see the article on this blog, "Two nice homebuilts at Michigan HPV Rally," posted July 16, 2017. (Mike E. photo)</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6UZg2b6jVdq72oawEisGFyskx5idmwmhhX_2T92-JvhnkJr6bVVXXcGBO2oubJrPtfWSeEqUiXm8kZrBHPFxMEZ736k0MZz1GNQKMCkitq3YFErQ904hfQkmfce9AiRtTCra0jqZje0xZIGgi-mCN4p8tM1XcKe0aT3hNzc39HUnXUbKRRpEL7FcJxvt_/s639/PXL_20230617_151244862.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="481" data-original-width="639" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6UZg2b6jVdq72oawEisGFyskx5idmwmhhX_2T92-JvhnkJr6bVVXXcGBO2oubJrPtfWSeEqUiXm8kZrBHPFxMEZ736k0MZz1GNQKMCkitq3YFErQ904hfQkmfce9AiRtTCra0jqZje0xZIGgi-mCN4p8tM1XcKe0aT3hNzc39HUnXUbKRRpEL7FcJxvt_/w400-h301/PXL_20230617_151244862.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span style="font-size: 12.61px;">J</span>ohn Simon of Portland, finished second in the streamliner class in his Moby streamliner. Terry Hreno of Connorsville, Ind., built it in 1984 and sold it to John in 1988, He's been racing it ever since. 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(Mike E. photo)</i></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFLHqIqE6YchCqf-GEjXJmeZLopI-EgoS9CutmQlbmPSBEBBekevtmOW6DYSNS2CuN_Q9F12wZpD2ZHj1KG521gLXWEbuOg9UKeTR5TtJkKO4tXZWgpUhlzL7BmtCV5Ri3hOshN5ZIEFSTLMjJe-8qkeHXCCIf-BWwpkEy4YhcVl3KvXdyEn8ejhSFOkpD/s965/PXL_20230617_135402997.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="543" data-original-width="965" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFLHqIqE6YchCqf-GEjXJmeZLopI-EgoS9CutmQlbmPSBEBBekevtmOW6DYSNS2CuN_Q9F12wZpD2ZHj1KG521gLXWEbuOg9UKeTR5TtJkKO4tXZWgpUhlzL7BmtCV5Ri3hOshN5ZIEFSTLMjJe-8qkeHXCCIf-BWwpkEy4YhcVl3KvXdyEn8ejhSFOkpD/w320-h179/PXL_20230617_135402997.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /></div><i style="font-family: arial;">Gary and Marilyn Solomon of Laidback Bike Report were at the rally both days, recording and photographing the event and talking to people. Gary's report is part of the Laidback Bike Report broadcast on July 9, which can still be seen on the </i><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>website</i></span><i style="font-family: arial;"> (laidbackbikereport.com). Some of the photos in this report were taken by Marilyn.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><b>Note:</b> If you see anything in this report that needs correcting or should be added, please email me at mikethebike2325@comcast.net. <span style="text-align: right;">Mike E.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: right;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><i>More photos and/or videos from:</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Hannah Dempster, University of Toronto: <a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/gt92KeiXnQtn1C329" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">https://photos.app.goo.gl/gt92KeiXnQtn1C329</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Marilyn Solomon: <b style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: white; font-family: Helvetica;"><a href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/ikgS9Rqe8VCbA3TM8">https://photos.app.goo.gl/ikgS9Rqe8VCbA3TM8</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Rob Lloyd: <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(63, 75, 81); color: #3f4b51; font-family: latoregular;"> </span><a href="https://www.flickr.com/gp/146396513@N07/65S1vVrP09" style="border: 0px; color: #00a3de; font-family: latoregular; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://www.flickr.com/gp/146396513@N07/65S1vVrP09</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></div></div><div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p></div>Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14555655123109522264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029111456498948871.post-25486952985278225692024-01-17T23:41:00.085-05:002024-02-14T17:43:33.672-05:00Building a recumbent cycle from plans<p><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh35hnMh7YDtijLjxKOu1GOPOw4CXKyEHiHoQgMPrP3aAgtvdB-lZi9-B31rJiqr_njuH-8kjxfHIludwCVztJ6XeYktPVVFd88tEpuAMd0FeWzJruue9mVMe72CnfCmeDXXIu3c6w1XbaeiXUJy-gMhutqwgmq-4p9MgNNgfb3tOjLc1xCCSOn3WHaL8c3" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh35hnMh7YDtijLjxKOu1GOPOw4CXKyEHiHoQgMPrP3aAgtvdB-lZi9-B31rJiqr_njuH-8kjxfHIludwCVztJ6XeYktPVVFd88tEpuAMd0FeWzJruue9mVMe72CnfCmeDXXIu3c6w1XbaeiXUJy-gMhutqwgmq-4p9MgNNgfb3tOjLc1xCCSOn3WHaL8c3" width="320" /></a></i></div><i>The TomaHawk, one of many recumbent designs for which plans are available from AtomicZombie</i><p></p><p><i><span style="font-family: arial;">By Mike Eliasohn</span></i></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">There are various reasons to build your own recumbent cycle. Presumably one reason is because you like to "make stuff." Another is: why pedal something that looks like what other people ride, be it a recumbent or upright bike, when you can ride something unusual and attract attention?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Although most designs shown or discussed in this article are made of metal tubing welded together, if you don’t know how to weld (or have no place to weld), or don’t have a shop where you can do cutting and drilling, there are alternatives. Find a friendly (presumably small) welding and machine shop (or one of each) who can do that work for you, hopefully at a reasonable price. (Suggestion: If you're not in a rush to get something done, so can wait until the shop doesn't have much else to do, you <i>might</i> get a better price.) </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Or if you have work space, but don't know how to weld, there are designs out there made from wood, aluminum,carbon fiber, or even cut-up conventional bicycles, with the pieces bolted together (though some small pieces may need welding). </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I do have a special motive for writing this. As HPV old-timers like me know, there aren't as many builders out there as there used to be. Not only is attendance at HPV racing events declining, more of those who do participate bought what they ride. Building, riding and racing recumbent cycles would seem idea for high school students studying welding, machining and other trades. So if anyone reading this knows any such students, you might suggest, "Have you ever thought of building ..?" and use this article as a starting point.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Lastly, this article won't cover all the options for plans and designs that are out there. Do an online search of "how to build recumbent bicycles," "recumbent bicycle (or tricycle) plans," etc. and you will find more. Also look on YouTube. If you know something I missed that's worth including, please email me at <a href="mailto:mikethebike2325@comcast.net">mikethebike2325@comcast.net</a></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Atomic Zombie</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">If you're looking for ideas, a good place to start is <a href="http://atomiczombie.com">atomiczombie.com</a>. Brad Graham and Kathy McGowan offer 36 plans, for low racers, high racers, long wheelbase, short wheelbase, two-wheels-in-the-rear and two-wheels-in-front tricycles and a quad. There are also plans or tutorials for choppers, tall bikes and an upright two-wheels-in-front tricycle.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjmWnTZN1J71z3iIlRKyO12X4q8XzmkyFAvMas02wgkA8RCWpN84mljxdoTo61hAIN1rVYPttTiuY3oaYN3A0oHcPrVnzJstgSQ5bpi8V6-r7rfHYQxkYlEqksRiyj6v-pRrdEtl2BMyWt2Q3xSvfUks8o6hHgz2Jy-cgKOMNljc2nmawEU-GHR_y2K8rm/s1024/Warior1a.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjmWnTZN1J71z3iIlRKyO12X4q8XzmkyFAvMas02wgkA8RCWpN84mljxdoTo61hAIN1rVYPttTiuY3oaYN3A0oHcPrVnzJstgSQ5bpi8V6-r7rfHYQxkYlEqksRiyj6v-pRrdEtl2BMyWt2Q3xSvfUks8o6hHgz2Jy-cgKOMNljc2nmawEU-GHR_y2K8rm/w400-h300/Warior1a.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Atomic Zombie Warrior</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div>Atomic Zombie charges for its plans, currently $16.95 for one set, four for $19 or six for $36. The plans, actually step-by-step instructions, 60-220 pages with lots of photos, come as PDF downloads.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">In 2004, Graham and McGowan published <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Atomic-Zombies-Bicycle-Builders-Bonanza/dp/0071422676" target="_blank">Atomic Zombie's Bicycle Builder's Bonanza</a> </i>(388 pages), with chapters on how to build various designs and general information about tools, welding, design, sources of materials, etc. Interesting reading, even if you don't build an AZ design. Copies, new or used, can be obtained from Amazon, alibris.com and likely other sellers.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Recycled Recumbents</b></span></p><blockquote style="border: medium; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img data-original-height="538" data-original-width="556" height="387" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXJv00RiSNtEEV7jw1nOXNzJcq2wZzPWCrN-E2tNQx55SmLINv1DbfZ4712JXBRRlBLlw95jLGlT5qi3nyOuwAEYCdYPcx5xJ6AztRIDwqcGIKVEXR311tnM2i7r7CuAReKTBj6an-Rdg1ja3FpxmsgXQ6TGQoBIOKFVfizo7TZTMknJ7Q91n7vvxu2twv=w400-h387" width="400" /></span></div></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">A Recycled Recumbent Mach 2</span></i></p><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">If you like a traditional long wheelbase design, A.D. Carson (<a href="http://recycledrecumbents.com">recycledrecumbent.com</a>) has three plans available online for free. And if you like his designs, but don't want to build one, he builds and sells complete bikes (but not during the winter months.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Much of the steel tubing for his designs come from cut-up diamond frames. The Mach 1 (EZ Clone) and Mach 2 designs are similar – 26 inch rear wheel and 20-inch front, though the Mach 1 also can use a 16-inch. The Mach 3 uses 26-inch wheels at both ends. (700c wheels might fit in place of 26 inch.)</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Mr9iXikM5CIzxgQz_n0LZNL1_rOf2tkES03fSTsmyX6pKxoS2yRTrhTtRTgaNFQp9pAufURK_mic8nzlVnonavJ0XIJrs7ceoIozai_a9Ph5UwSKEQyh54Ymce6Ve7EQhOUjifaNToVv53LrnEFvZ-Ay54t4juESdfVLDZobbcICLz2dnsoY__3kXTwk/s600/1GUgfSa-Lp2XoeK7H5AY0V4LSxM47v9tj-JJQCEFhxb26-1MAiw.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="491" data-original-width="600" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-Mr9iXikM5CIzxgQz_n0LZNL1_rOf2tkES03fSTsmyX6pKxoS2yRTrhTtRTgaNFQp9pAufURK_mic8nzlVnonavJ0XIJrs7ceoIozai_a9Ph5UwSKEQyh54Ymce6Ve7EQhOUjifaNToVv53LrnEFvZ-Ay54t4juESdfVLDZobbcICLz2dnsoY__3kXTwk/w400-h328/1GUgfSa-Lp2XoeK7H5AY0V4LSxM47v9tj-JJQCEFhxb26-1MAiw.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Wood </b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In 1997-98, Steve Schmeck, who lives in/near Cooks in the Upper Peninsula, built two (mostly) wood frame recumbents, Woody (shown here) and then Treebike.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div><br /></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSMgC81TUqEYLixlZUzf4wVpPIu1flTLEzwMrYZJ8T4oKhUWd_xqrmc3VWb1dm54DRCxsZxlHGxYjbRTqrgpKWnYBoURS3FPAnqs4YYaNxBcqT-s6USb-7vYoBL4YdZE7axO669T3wdU-iJkGGAq7p9dYN8GMGsgqwCXnFvz9fMflbbiJHa5L8CrSZg0tr/s267/bike-s1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="267" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSMgC81TUqEYLixlZUzf4wVpPIu1flTLEzwMrYZJ8T4oKhUWd_xqrmc3VWb1dm54DRCxsZxlHGxYjbRTqrgpKWnYBoURS3FPAnqs4YYaNxBcqT-s6USb-7vYoBL4YdZE7axO669T3wdU-iJkGGAq7p9dYN8GMGsgqwCXnFvz9fMflbbiJHa5L8CrSZg0tr/w400-h225/bike-s1.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">For construction details, go to <a href="http://www.manytracks.com">www.manytracks.com</a>, then click on "homestead," "recumbents," and then in the top of the text, "Woody and Treebike." (or <a href="https://manytracks.com/Recumbent/woody-treebike.html" target="_blank">click here</a>)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In addition to information about Steve's two designs, you will see photos and information about various other homebuilt recumbents sent in by Many Tracks readers. Some of the designs are wood.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">And if you think a website that also has information about chickens and other homesteading topics seems unusual as a recumbent bike building source, try <a href="http://www.littleloveliesbyallison.com">www.littleloveliesbyallison.com</a>. In addition to such topics as home decorating ideas and home improvement projects, scroll down (toward the bottom) to "DIY vehicle projects" then "bicycle projects" and finally "15 DIY recumbent bike projects you can build easily" (or <a href="https://www.littleloveliesbyallison.com/diy-recumbent-bike/" target="_blank">click here</a>). Included are two (mostly) wood frame recumbents and one two-wheels-in-front tricycle, plus some other interesting designs (some from Atomic Zombie).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKKHedM7rBWiwSUdnuFQotMOVcBdFYjTTw3E5CnQ7nXuOVjLDiU5nhZu8fKHac8smlyeaM01dv2p1PArWIMdOlJRlLAMYTvMz_FVIOrjy5_6tJiy2fmqZAC-bI7blSluX4x48AUWa4vIdWF_2VLyOEorYNef_gJarZecT4EQuHvojvi5lumhx-RdIpM-zA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="571" data-original-width="750" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKKHedM7rBWiwSUdnuFQotMOVcBdFYjTTw3E5CnQ7nXuOVjLDiU5nhZu8fKHac8smlyeaM01dv2p1PArWIMdOlJRlLAMYTvMz_FVIOrjy5_6tJiy2fmqZAC-bI7blSluX4x48AUWa4vIdWF_2VLyOEorYNef_gJarZecT4EQuHvojvi5lumhx-RdIpM-zA=w400-h305" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> An easy build</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHh4CK50yBKCjuiHhUdgdWKb0vvRQCZ55c5ux_hq1D-p8agyXuxq7D0qJ79-6UDp0O9VYqyaVXeBupk4UOgHct_mJUZAHwF-FVBbEcBCTc4iEpWow_rsvYShxoQ8ChbnRPEdLWVam9bnbFBZja3L2f-p0C7ULV_FfyADYjicvmKGxF4K4xAraS5Zrb8bKw/s800/4pclwb2.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="800" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHh4CK50yBKCjuiHhUdgdWKb0vvRQCZ55c5ux_hq1D-p8agyXuxq7D0qJ79-6UDp0O9VYqyaVXeBupk4UOgHct_mJUZAHwF-FVBbEcBCTc4iEpWow_rsvYShxoQ8ChbnRPEdLWVam9bnbFBZja3L2f-p0C7ULV_FfyADYjicvmKGxF4K4xAraS5Zrb8bKw/w400-h263/4pclwb2.webp" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Keith Moss from Florida came up with this simple design for a long-wheelbase, made from cut-up steel bicycle frames, except possibly for the bottom tube.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For more information and photos, type "Keith Moss quick cheap easy LWB" in your search engine, and you should be able to find it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>F'lowroller</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmE3fvmaZEyTWVGhucqWBkkhVfqTIpsImWVPUt-qBj_hiuZFYcrU7Csm0Z3yIAwxyY7_5ZBtlQT44Tu_Z_viEEeJjqXWYThDTRAgvaWYw6jtkYsLQIGCfkXG3CTobcPEUEfzZ4RCmlQ0HB1Os1GI33NWx6j12V-tR86GQv1S-3ySN1XlXdlnvGAB6fxbN_/s400/flow12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="178" data-original-width="400" height="178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmE3fvmaZEyTWVGhucqWBkkhVfqTIpsImWVPUt-qBj_hiuZFYcrU7Csm0Z3yIAwxyY7_5ZBtlQT44Tu_Z_viEEeJjqXWYThDTRAgvaWYw6jtkYsLQIGCfkXG3CTobcPEUEfzZ4RCmlQ0HB1Os1GI33NWx6j12V-tR86GQv1S-3ySN1XlXdlnvGAB6fxbN_/w400-h178/flow12.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">When I first saw images of Robert Horn's F'lowroller about 20 years ago, my reaction was "Wow!" It was truly a unique design.</div><div style="text-align: left;">In an article in online <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/458574914160577/" target="_blank">BikeRodnKustom</a>, he described it as a cruiser / recumbent / lowrider and mentioned he quickly put 300 miles on it. It used a 3-speed coaster brake hub.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Bob later designed a second version, shown above, and then created "The F'lowroller Cookbook" (copyright 2005), with building instructions and photos.</div><div style="text-align: left;">He sent a pdf to anyone interested in building one.</div><div style="text-align: left;">I (Mike E.) have the "Cookbook" pdf, and with Bob's permission, can email it to anyone who asks. A printout can be made from the pdf. </div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Front-wheel-drive</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYB71yw1k2I7o3p9ROurt9OAnrDqwbc275w1jreRHK2Og8Es8QjQZbbV97ldK9Tum0oBPBtKTM0R2O5MrpvwNtJOpi9LIZqXj02lfNWnNoJDu29e86CnsepfntajtnbEAdpNrUHlaK8b6xu6wtrzxtzU2ZCrYGk4f0Lj98P6G8u_eU4Qhx4IW4iXrXXYIY/s1280/P1%20cruising.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="1280" height="292" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYB71yw1k2I7o3p9ROurt9OAnrDqwbc275w1jreRHK2Og8Es8QjQZbbV97ldK9Tum0oBPBtKTM0R2O5MrpvwNtJOpi9LIZqXj02lfNWnNoJDu29e86CnsepfntajtnbEAdpNrUHlaK8b6xu6wtrzxtzU2ZCrYGk4f0Lj98P6G8u_eU4Qhx4IW4iXrXXYIY/w391-h292/P1%20cruising.jpg" width="391" /></a></div><br /></div></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In addition to the F'lowroller, here are some other front-wheel-drive designs:<br /><br />Python is a European low racer design, with front wheel drive and center-pivot steering, that is, the head tube is right behind the front wheel. "Standard" is two 26 inch wheels, but there are variations with smaller wheels and tricycles with two wheels in the rear.<br />Photo is from the website, <a href="http://www.python-lowracer.de">www.python-lowracer.de</a>, where there is lots of information for would-be builders.<br />If you’re familiar with the Cruzbike, but don't want to spend $2,650 (and that's for the cheapest model), or want to make sure you can ride a moving bottom bracket FWD before spending lots of money, go to www.instructables.com, then type in "recumbent bicycles." You will see several DIY recumbent designs (none sophisticated), so you may something else of interest. But here's what we are talking about:</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr5c8hM_fyiqNa1s2JXgW_dSoVczTMYuBFm_xe6JQNibXE3di5ruVqQnLVvEH7twdeMe1l0R_9XZ6E77I0PRSmUcxOz0Jf8x0wDol1TUKkSh83YX7SrgQM_F084hAGF5YZ5TC8EzCcS7RnoBIYuAXzuTmmvoyEt3fDZsDbqYEyJHhuEQFhSyAEDC4ZzwUd/s933/FAH5WIUFL77XB38.jpg.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="700" data-original-width="933" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr5c8hM_fyiqNa1s2JXgW_dSoVczTMYuBFm_xe6JQNibXE3di5ruVqQnLVvEH7twdeMe1l0R_9XZ6E77I0PRSmUcxOz0Jf8x0wDol1TUKkSh83YX7SrgQM_F084hAGF5YZ5TC8EzCcS7RnoBIYuAXzuTmmvoyEt3fDZsDbqYEyJHhuEQFhSyAEDC4ZzwUd/w400-h300/FAH5WIUFL77XB38.jpg.webp" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">The MBB bike shown on instructables.com is rather crude, so here's a more sophisticated, but still simple version. (I don't remember the source.)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Other stuff</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here's an interesting design from the Netherlands, with how-to-build instructions:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOe_xrxretJ266ej2Ucq3lz_fSbmmIFa9hWpQj_EPNpjePuPhp0-iHSqHbLqcXBES0gYSygpX_2VHetuLdVzvIEWcHA40LoHdgTmWI6DjfNFdHsH4f7WZU8pRZGu4dYl-4uDcJpMZ03EkWtJqetyXAdIRLcHfP5MDhkKs3ETheCE4AtOLTD4Ce4FcCJj7-/s600/recumb.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="359" data-original-width="600" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOe_xrxretJ266ej2Ucq3lz_fSbmmIFa9hWpQj_EPNpjePuPhp0-iHSqHbLqcXBES0gYSygpX_2VHetuLdVzvIEWcHA40LoHdgTmWI6DjfNFdHsH4f7WZU8pRZGu4dYl-4uDcJpMZ03EkWtJqetyXAdIRLcHfP5MDhkKs3ETheCE4AtOLTD4Ce4FcCJj7-/w320-h191/recumb.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.wind-water.nl/contents/images/recumb/rec_build_booklet.pdf" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">https://www.wind-water.nl/contents/images/recumb/rec_build_booklet.pdf</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is from the website, wind-water.nl, and the link is presented here with permission from Hanno Smits, the designer and webmaster. Also, go to the website, click on "Bicycles, bicycles" and you will see other interesting recumbents and ideas.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I (Mike E.) have an idea how to build a no-weld or minimal-weld recumbent from aluminum tubing and bars, but could not find any such design on the internet, other than this 2001 photo from Many Tracks, builder Bill Meacham.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqsfJKbTVsdtU3hEsq0XZ_cXmU0on9A-EvYRFHkPbQhOtBRn9iHcNj4KMfGD-8-gVcjnbCHfGOPitiXh3xTEaweC4gEu6HHDaT9Jb0mYEZq3lQ9l4MYQMeSdnap0UHpkvelYyQYtEbHRQyAp73THm-3U6WNymkvs9aVLMB5b0M2JqHtDQAOVNqKI-aZAms/s324/billm.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="231" data-original-width="324" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqsfJKbTVsdtU3hEsq0XZ_cXmU0on9A-EvYRFHkPbQhOtBRn9iHcNj4KMfGD-8-gVcjnbCHfGOPitiXh3xTEaweC4gEu6HHDaT9Jb0mYEZq3lQ9l4MYQMeSdnap0UHpkvelYyQYtEbHRQyAp73THm-3U6WNymkvs9aVLMB5b0M2JqHtDQAOVNqKI-aZAms/w400-h285/billm.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">If anyone knows of any such designs, preferably with some instructions, let me know.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGHBEiCudgXbF10Dyfd4UaGygWcMo-1LheOasbpIPk_N_Mj6uLcK8DSoLM6_WsilhoB9B2XhgtTLpBej8YuNSdkJg4yBD9JDQE4y3okDzFW9T_IqGQCdgSE3V3LvfNVhG1WbgmgwWp-H95hyVFETqBpCXjPzESK6MEO77f2nt5K4dQCicvaOZEZSCwcBVs/s1517/IMG_5731.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1137" data-original-width="1517" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGHBEiCudgXbF10Dyfd4UaGygWcMo-1LheOasbpIPk_N_Mj6uLcK8DSoLM6_WsilhoB9B2XhgtTLpBej8YuNSdkJg4yBD9JDQE4y3okDzFW9T_IqGQCdgSE3V3LvfNVhG1WbgmgwWp-H95hyVFETqBpCXjPzESK6MEO77f2nt5K4dQCicvaOZEZSCwcBVs/w400-h300/IMG_5731.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Paul Elkins' website (elkinsdiy.com) has lots of interesting projects, including this simple recumbent made from one cut-up 20-inch wheel frame, plus additional tubing. Go to "projects," then "transportation," "human powered" and then "DIY recumbent bicycle."</div><div style="text-align: left;">There's also a video: On Youtube, type in "diy recumbent bicycle" and you will find it.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKjZ2tCXH9LsTN6sFxT7qhs14Vhw4QN38AALBHR18i8M_esKFGpc0u0YeutEel1ui53adlx8DJ5OYVJLkzVrkhDEUpKhcCfZ29GOvHD3gjA7uKejDWpGJhAiTZFLLPV2Hluv6kEtgozqwqAP9fcqdBCBNLYtfYUPKKboKi6_yzpMN05gdF6_fWyi_9UH5_/s640/DSCN2158.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKjZ2tCXH9LsTN6sFxT7qhs14Vhw4QN38AALBHR18i8M_esKFGpc0u0YeutEel1ui53adlx8DJ5OYVJLkzVrkhDEUpKhcCfZ29GOvHD3gjA7uKejDWpGJhAiTZFLLPV2Hluv6kEtgozqwqAP9fcqdBCBNLYtfYUPKKboKi6_yzpMN05gdF6_fWyi_9UH5_/w400-h300/DSCN2158.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is obviously a stretch cruiser, made from two frames, not a recumbent, but it's interesting because it's entirely bolted together, no welding, As I recall, the rear triangle came from a mixte (step-through upright bike) frame. The bike was built by the operator of a website that I think is now defunct, which was mostly devoted to fixing/repairing bikes. Unfortunately, I don't have the website address in writing, so can't give proper credit.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiIyNcSoTdnl_C2aLAChav0rcK5QPeXOwBTMcb1jJDCCMyvhu7m9YPKKQXm-BPkyCKlUB_CuWYGpduBBi8toqpHZ4JPLzrtOgR_ksE57f0Ugua7jOX4oiN5IMAHdF8bKeIb6_jOKWap7uoePfmoXp2PaUmsYJL6TozJ-gTsvc0umxttn33YYQ84pGE8jW6/s640/DSCN2146.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiIyNcSoTdnl_C2aLAChav0rcK5QPeXOwBTMcb1jJDCCMyvhu7m9YPKKQXm-BPkyCKlUB_CuWYGpduBBi8toqpHZ4JPLzrtOgR_ksE57f0Ugua7jOX4oiN5IMAHdF8bKeIb6_jOKWap7uoePfmoXp2PaUmsYJL6TozJ-gTsvc0umxttn33YYQ84pGE8jW6/w400-h300/DSCN2146.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="text-align: left;">Lastly, I have </span><i style="text-align: left;">paper</i><span style="text-align: left;"> copies of several <b>plans</b> that I am willing to part with </span><i style="text-align: left;"><b>free</b></i><span style="text-align: left;">, though I would like to be reimbursed for postage:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">- Alternative Bikestyles: Construction of a Recumbent Bicycle (1985) – Similar to an Easy Racer Tour Easy long wheelbase, Ed Roeters describes his design as "simple, practical and rugged as possible."</div><div style="text-align: left;">-<strike> Tom Traylor front wheel drive moving bottom bracket two-wheeler, 1982. (One of the early MBB designs.)</strike></div><div style="text-align: left;">- LaBent by Ladue two-wheels-in-rear tricycle.</div><div style="text-align: left;">- LaBent by Ladue long-wheelbase two wheeler.</div></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">- Robert Q. Riley Ground Hugger long wheelbase low racer with remote steering. (The original plans and instructions appeared in <i>Popular Mechanics</i> in 1969.)</span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">- <i>PVC Projects</i> (1993) - 20 projects made from PVC pipe, normally used for plumbing. Some have wheels, but none are pedal-powered.But even if not using PVC for an HPV, it conceivably could be used for a cycle-towed trailer, a cycle repair stand or ?</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">So email me at the address listed in the first section of this article. First come, first served, though if more than one person wants the same plans at the same time, conceivably I can make copies.</span></div><div><span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span>Some information in this article comes from an article in the Autumn 2020 issue of Laidback Cyclist, the magazine of the British Human Power Club.</span></i></span></span></div>Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14555655123109522264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029111456498948871.post-71658998708970957632023-01-26T14:55:00.002-05:002024-01-21T15:11:27.246-05:00Two recumbent bicycles from over 100 years ago<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKgrI7v_1TJikPms2Kimpsxv6TexrCZGkYuxhlDokoYb5d4-QkO_AzqnUvKXhR2ABnbp3XjYe408jGdjfcr1i6zBFWHsbcOEb5WJxcgQvKUkbmRhU0pHfwqLaGTwpq8o-2X1sFd02YErRt79XXyRGcQHx-3B9XgTUdxh0EDtsVx0CrxdaRSrw3KChLjQ/s1283/289078777_10159820405623407_463327532079561970_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="1283" height="440" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKgrI7v_1TJikPms2Kimpsxv6TexrCZGkYuxhlDokoYb5d4-QkO_AzqnUvKXhR2ABnbp3XjYe408jGdjfcr1i6zBFWHsbcOEb5WJxcgQvKUkbmRhU0pHfwqLaGTwpq8o-2X1sFd02YErRt79XXyRGcQHx-3B9XgTUdxh0EDtsVx0CrxdaRSrw3KChLjQ/w640-h440/289078777_10159820405623407_463327532079561970_n.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This fascinating photo – especially for recumbent enthusiasts – pops up occasionally on some Facebook page or blog or website. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">And if you would like to purchase a vintage postcard with the photo, type in "W.E. Warman H.B.See Orlando" and you will find a couple sellers.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A Facebook page devoted to Orlando, Florida, history, showed this photo, with this note:</span></p><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">W.E. Warman and H.B. See </div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Orlando, Fla</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">April 18, 1915</div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">On the back, someone has penciled in "Ad for Warman bikes". I looked for info about the men, and/or the company, and didn't find much except for an ad; the company was based in Chicago. Perhaps they were in town on a promotional tour for their bikes.</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I (Mike E.) did find on the internet two auction listings for Warman-Schub bicycles from Chicago, one manufactured in 1898 and the other undated, but likely of similar vintage, so possibly that was the same company mentioned on the back of the photo or postcard.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">A question to which the answer is presumably lost to history is, if the recumbent cycles Warman and See were riding were made by the Chicago company, did they pedal them all the way from Chicago to Orlando as a promotional trip? Which would have been quite a feat, considering the primitive</span> </span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">roads that existed in 1915 and the distance involved and presumably their bikes had only one speed.</span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); white-space: pre-wrap;">And, notice the attire of Warman and See and the spectators – coats and ties worn by most, including the two cyclists.</span></span></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #050505;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">– Mike Eliasohn </span></span></span></div>Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14555655123109522264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029111456498948871.post-21868133879397716412022-12-03T00:09:00.039-05:002023-06-22T15:07:42.945-04:00Recumbent Cyclist News, cycle books, 16-in. wheel, tire<table style="color: black;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" width="100%"><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-MlXzEqEIk0O-s0j9Y3BazMKH_HfqJezVKAbDX6fMk-GofSoduPniPHz4fQZ6CKQxAa09KJYGeJdx0JmEvWGGqIDShRbvfTQvBMtJW-SOejgJgNcbnxPHtKMUVFgrH-lEKwkuDhEv3y5El1KYc6F-LzMCWHaYk0TTQXTn1TwQ1nGACV8SIu0J0T30EQ/s4608/IMG_0841.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-MlXzEqEIk0O-s0j9Y3BazMKH_HfqJezVKAbDX6fMk-GofSoduPniPHz4fQZ6CKQxAa09KJYGeJdx0JmEvWGGqIDShRbvfTQvBMtJW-SOejgJgNcbnxPHtKMUVFgrH-lEKwkuDhEv3y5El1KYc6F-LzMCWHaYk0TTQXTn1TwQ1nGACV8SIu0J0T30EQ/s320/IMG_0841.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><table style="color: black; font-family: -webkit-standard;"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" width="100%"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" width="100%"><span><p style="font-family: Arial;"><i style="font-family: Helvetica;"><b>Recumbent Cyclist News</b></i><span style="font-family: Helvetica;"> was published by Bob and Marilyn Bryant from 1990-2007. There were 101 issues and I have them all. (I previously stated I was missing two, but discovered there were two double issues, e.g., No. 39-40.)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: Helvetica;">$40 including postage, U.S; non-U.S. $60 plus shipping. (If buyer lives in Canada, I might be able to ship from Canada, which would reduce price. Same for books and wheel, tire and rim.)</span></p></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />I also have the following <b>bicycle books</b> for sale, with some content of interest to HPVers, all in excellent condition (pb = paperback, hc = hardcover):</span></span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p></span><p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Bicycling Science, Second Edition, by David Gordon Wilson and Frank Rowland Whitt, hc, 1982. $15.</p>
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<p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Complete Bicycle Book, </i>Petersen Publishing Co., pb, 240 pages. Includes 1972 buyers' guide, plus wide variety of other topics, including chapter on “Bicycles of the Future. $10.</p>
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<p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>The Fantastic Bicycles Book,</i> by Steven Lindbloom, pb, 100 pages, 1980. How to build (upright) racing bike, ski bike, exercise bike, dirt bike, sidecar, tandem, 3-wheel ice cream cart, etc. $10.</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>It's in the Bag!: A history in outline of portable cycles in the UK, </i>by Tony Hadland and John Pinkerton, pb, 153 pages, 1996, $15.</p>
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<p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>The Moulton Bicycle,</i> by Tony Hadland, forward by Alex Moulton, pb, 154 pages, 1982. The history of the classic British small wheel fully suspended bicycle, first produced in 1963. $25 (cheapest copy on Amazon is $43).</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>The Spaceframe Moultons, </i>by Tony Hadland, hc, 350 pages, 1994. General background on Alex Moulton and development of his small wheel fully suspended bicycles; emphasis is on the spaceframe versions, production of which started in 1983. $50. (On Amazon, $90.)</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Alex Moulton, from Bristol to Bradford-on-Avon – a lifetime in engineering, </i>autobiography, with emphasis on the engineering part of his life (cars and bicycles), pb, 320 pages, 2009, $25. (On Amazon, $40.)</p>
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<p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i>Richard's New Bicycle Book,</i> by Richard Ballantine, pb, 350 pages, 1987. Variety of cycling topics, including chapter specifically about HPVs. $15.</p>
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<p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> DVDs: "The Flying Scotsman" (Graeme Obree), starring Jonny Lee Miller, $5. Montague New X-Series Bikes That Fold, free.</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><b>Round stuff: </b></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Primo Comet Kevlar belt tire, 16x1.5/40-305, 65-100 psi, new, with inner tube, $20.</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">16x1.5 wheel, aluminum rim, medium grade hub, 28 spokes, slightly used, $15.</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Weinmann aluminum rim, 20x1.5 / 406x19, 36 holes, new, $10. (Note: This is a rim, spokes and hub needed to build it into a wheel.)</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
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<p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Contact Mike Eliasohn, St. Joseph, Mich., <a href="mailto:mikethebike2325@comcast.net">mikethebike2325@comcast.net</a>, ph: 269-281-0797.</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 16px;"><br /></p><span style="font-family: Arial;"><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"> </span></p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 17px;"> </p><p style="font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"> </p></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p>Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14555655123109522264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029111456498948871.post-78088119959830527592023-06-09T17:17:00.115-04:002023-06-22T12:21:18.579-04:00McKinley Thompson: Auto designer, HPV builder<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpB-nsQUZ6VSraLxzIRbS3thor1naWAEP-mEbArdn3SGy8ujA8twlGhkdKcDdg8g-TkSe9mlduVb3OTjJ8WHzCBbeJhdN4Q8DL0ohB4w_Whf8rYuvk0XTm0EmrIVFpxpJncTHKlrwCMuzen5x1HgBYD7VvCGvgWmmyVG9ofhNyQhz2lJ0AqIkv7ODhzw/s871/Scan_0002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="574" data-original-width="871" height="211" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpB-nsQUZ6VSraLxzIRbS3thor1naWAEP-mEbArdn3SGy8ujA8twlGhkdKcDdg8g-TkSe9mlduVb3OTjJ8WHzCBbeJhdN4Q8DL0ohB4w_Whf8rYuvk0XTm0EmrIVFpxpJncTHKlrwCMuzen5x1HgBYD7VvCGvgWmmyVG9ofhNyQhz2lJ0AqIkv7ODhzw/s320/Scan_0002.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><span><i>McKinley Thompson Jr. and rider Brooke Linford, his then son-in-law, </i></span></span><span><i>first showed up with this tricycle at the International Human Powered Speed Championships in Indianapolis in September 1985, but didn't race. The tricycle had suspension on each wheel. They next appeared, along with the Orca fairing, at the Maple City Metric ride in Adrian in May 1986.</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span><i><br /></i></span></span></div><p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;"><i>By Mike Eliasohn</i></p>
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<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Us HPV old-timers remember McKinley Thompson Jr., who showed up at the Michigan HPV Rallies and other HPV events in the 1980s and early 1990s with some interesting vehicles he designed and built.</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">He likely is the <i>only</i> person to have created HPVs with two, three, four and <i>five</i> wheels.</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">I knew McKinley, who lived in Detroit, worked for Ford Motor Co., but I don’t remember if I knew what he did at Ford.</p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Then in February of this year, the Automotive Hall of Fame (automotivehalloffame.org) in Dearborn, announced six inductees for this year into its Hall of Fame, including:</p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7O0BJCApL48EPTD1rOq78SJEHuCX239XVRl_z2pwNrWOBXpTk-7l_Cr7Qf6OYvlsnlMesb6AUfa6zqJFVpzbazEHtosLAQkIpies2xINm3k9mvoO4bBYMs7ZvSusCWrfrvURYAQDdDQw1Hs9kOCgbT4i0kG4ZnyRtTJWNMA1gMl2uy3gg6t_gbnEeUg/s600/mckinley-thompson-1676063532.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="480" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7O0BJCApL48EPTD1rOq78SJEHuCX239XVRl_z2pwNrWOBXpTk-7l_Cr7Qf6OYvlsnlMesb6AUfa6zqJFVpzbazEHtosLAQkIpies2xINm3k9mvoO4bBYMs7ZvSusCWrfrvURYAQDdDQw1Hs9kOCgbT4i0kG4ZnyRtTJWNMA1gMl2uy3gg6t_gbnEeUg/s320/mckinley-thompson-1676063532.jpg" width="256" /></a></div><br /><p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i><b>McKinley Thompson </b>is a 1956 graduate from Art Center College of Design and made history by becoming one of the first African American automotive designers. Upon graduation, he landed a dream job at Ford’s legendary Advanced Design Studio, and went on to spend the next 28-years of his career as a designer for Ford. He was pivotal in shaping some of the company’s most iconic consumer products ever– including the Thunderbird, Mustang and Bronco. His acumen and aesthetic left an indelible mark on the automotive world and his timeless designs have been studied by generations of automotive designers.</i></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><i style="font-size: 14.7px;"><br /></i></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">The other inductees will be Mary Barra, General Motors Corp. chairman and chief executive officer; five-time world Formula 1 champion Juan Manuel Fangio; Honda Motor Co. co-founder Takeo Fujisawa; Larry R. Wood, who designed Hot Wheels cars for 50 years; and Fred Bauer, founder of Gentex, manufacturer of auto-dimming rearview mirrors and automotive electronics.</span></p>
<p style="font-family: Arial; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">The induction ceremony will be July 20 at the Fillmore in Detroit.</span></p><p style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsCMS-ZZLfr6iOGTcKVM-aHIh_XrWr32hkAuyy9Kjs5HKWjRpFLISDhKFeAResKTvrBdRBt0YbVQXfh5wR_x0jfVH-lla525Ht55yvrpc1abyGo7GIhPVu4oGBNeyUZQbjxxZMqo0JaoUAVoMso9hTPhnDJneyWbVc3RVGTyoN0qi7rkj8twzVLCaqFw/s764/Scan_0009.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="764" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsCMS-ZZLfr6iOGTcKVM-aHIh_XrWr32hkAuyy9Kjs5HKWjRpFLISDhKFeAResKTvrBdRBt0YbVQXfh5wR_x0jfVH-lla525Ht55yvrpc1abyGo7GIhPVu4oGBNeyUZQbjxxZMqo0JaoUAVoMso9hTPhnDJneyWbVc3RVGTyoN0qi7rkj8twzVLCaqFw/w400-h279/Scan_0009.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-kerning: none;"><i>Here's Brooke racing Orca at the 4th annual Michigan HPV Rally on Aug. 9,1986 at Waterford Hills, the first rally held at the track in Clarkston. Brooke, from Northville, finished 6th overall and participants voted Orca "most popular" vehicle. There weren't different vehicle classes in 1986, so all 31 participants were, in essence, racing in the same class, regardless of age, sex or type of vehicle. Then from Aug. 26-29, he and McKinley </i></span><i style="font-family: arial;">were at the International Human Powered Speed Championships in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Brooke and Orca finished 28th overall of 39 entries. He competed in the 200 meter flying start sprints (25.36 mph), 15-kilometer criterium and commuter vehicle event. </i><p></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 12px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;">McKinley was born in 1922, grew up in Queens, New York, and had a keen interest in cars from when he was young, according to a Ford news release. “He served in the Army Signal Corps during World War II, learning drafting and working as an engineering layout coordinator. After the war, that work provided for him and his growing family, but Thompson’s love of cars and his dream of being a designer persisted.” In 1953, he entered a design contest in </span><i style="color: #262626;">Motor Trend</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #262626;"> magazine, submitting a design for a gas turbine car with a reinforced plastic body,</span></span></p>
<p style="background-color: white; color: #262626; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-kerning: none;">He won the contest, the prize for which was a scholarship to the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, Calif. After graduating with a degree in transportation design in 1956, he started working for Ford.</span></p>
<p style="color: #262626; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-kerning: none;">He retired from Ford in 1984 and eventually moved with his wife, Theresa, to Arizona, where he died in 2006 at age 83. (If you want to read more about McKinley and his automotive design career, type in “McKinley Thompson Jr.” in Google, Yahoo or other search engine and you will find several articles.)</span></p>
<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Helvetica;">Going through my photos and what I wrote on the backs and Michigan HPV Association newsletters, McKinley and one of his pedal-powered creations – a recumbent tricycle – first appeared at the 11th annual International Human Powered Speed Championships in Indianapolis in September 1985. </span><i style="color: #262626; font-family: Helvetica;">(</i><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Helvetica;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><i>Photo</i></span></span><i style="color: #262626; font-family: Helvetica;"> at top of this article.)</i></span></p>
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<p style="color: #262626; font-family: Helvetica; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;">The final time was at the Michigan HPV Rally at Waterford Hills in June 1993, where McKinley showed, but didn’t race his Eagle Duo, a side-by-side two rider tricycle (two wheels in front).</span></p><p style="color: #262626; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDPcfyZIsuC-uFe534FL3XG_P_cJEjIcrCkv32lLITUcs-FHfOPjfWCKTqhLAu-F-sW2fZN3eUo5GxOsihQkRAuvOVyxgjglekSPTOQJCJgEyojF1KhYXxQnIQCjx9iyyhpixc3J6hHMTczpbIknWbSmSpiUmh4cqgurr23Mes1tgmbELL3GjI3j4sZQ/s964/Scan_0003.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="964" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDPcfyZIsuC-uFe534FL3XG_P_cJEjIcrCkv32lLITUcs-FHfOPjfWCKTqhLAu-F-sW2fZN3eUo5GxOsihQkRAuvOVyxgjglekSPTOQJCJgEyojF1KhYXxQnIQCjx9iyyhpixc3J6hHMTczpbIknWbSmSpiUmh4cqgurr23Mes1tgmbELL3GjI3j4sZQ/s320/Scan_0003.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">McKinley and International Human Powered Vehicle Association President Marti Daily on his Parallel at the International HP Speed Championships in September 1989. Photo was probably taken at Michigan International Speedway, where most events were held. The other events were in Adrian.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRP4588GC4SdnxfDS8psD2uZbuZmGIUPUnjisPsjNrxLdA6d0QwILh4fVdWAKx7mCUwGLknEggNEJePdD5Vua2JBz5P7r8Gb1KNWvpZUteNsHik0Q-xhqax1xiTkCioPU3zCIUGGjHd8_9ESEUfcY-szFRIRs86nfBeCxxJ7grUsQdcSUyyLsXF8UjKQ/s1007/Scan_0011.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="646" data-original-width="1007" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRP4588GC4SdnxfDS8psD2uZbuZmGIUPUnjisPsjNrxLdA6d0QwILh4fVdWAKx7mCUwGLknEggNEJePdD5Vua2JBz5P7r8Gb1KNWvpZUteNsHik0Q-xhqax1xiTkCioPU3zCIUGGjHd8_9ESEUfcY-szFRIRs86nfBeCxxJ7grUsQdcSUyyLsXF8UjKQ/s320/Scan_0011.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;">McKinley entered Alien at the IHPSC in 1989. Hollis Harris pedaled it to 28th place, 34.92 mph, in the 200-meter speed trials; 19th in the one-hour time trial (24.58 miles); and 23rd in the 9.5 mile LeMans start road race.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAOtGNE14h466cYxmjEtZHR_k64p3DRS1yPeg_XsmS7jKpp10tRq1p2dky3NNJl44Eg6bmXvScYVK3lbn15li3Mb1tCXIHP0p0kv8H1SBNOEES-OH_Xl6BvnUCYEDu26jbm2rN0jTW03-1w8lGcerWpzW8DSRb2hRpg72IRYYWguJYKzet2rsnjO2FMw/s871/Scan_0012.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="613" data-original-width="871" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAOtGNE14h466cYxmjEtZHR_k64p3DRS1yPeg_XsmS7jKpp10tRq1p2dky3NNJl44Eg6bmXvScYVK3lbn15li3Mb1tCXIHP0p0kv8H1SBNOEES-OH_Xl6BvnUCYEDu26jbm2rN0jTW03-1w8lGcerWpzW8DSRb2hRpg72IRYYWguJYKzet2rsnjO2FMw/s320/Scan_0012.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">This "open" view of Alien shows the layout of the short wheelbase streamliner.<br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcVIxev7m25jd85qRgyvd2U7dfcM0rotXfahsvjAzpBJcBST8x2JuJLU0-JQ2gNdZMhUv4mJNQorEBrYMR9cuagVeyL__HjjQQigM4A1cVWnigPIaIwf1OltQzJAJvmxcyeIPA-JGy6fS-0a7teX3tBWpqjOGHI4MSyCpl0rkKEq9KKgTIk4JNPUZAqg/s1180/Scan_0004.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="739" data-original-width="1180" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcVIxev7m25jd85qRgyvd2U7dfcM0rotXfahsvjAzpBJcBST8x2JuJLU0-JQ2gNdZMhUv4mJNQorEBrYMR9cuagVeyL__HjjQQigM4A1cVWnigPIaIwf1OltQzJAJvmxcyeIPA-JGy6fS-0a7teX3tBWpqjOGHI4MSyCpl0rkKEq9KKgTIk4JNPUZAqg/s320/Scan_0004.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">The then Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Association took part in the Red Flannel Festival in Cedar Springs in October 1990, with McKinley's Gemenoid among the participating vehicles. (Notice the MHPVA banner on the front.) Gemenoid carried two riders, side by side. Originally a 3-wheeler with the single wheel in the rear, it was unstable. Rather than a complete rebuild to make it into a 4-wheeler, McKinley added two small outrigger wheels to add stability, making it a 5-wheeler. Body was made of ABS plastic, vacuum formed in a mold, then split vertically, with widening panels inserted.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgGn0MuVIq3MRQv54f44YobdysC1-BTRyYSgXNoKwWWxaYq6oBR27vbh3r-n7dDRPIni2oMyaPn_IVTbagzrJE-928EIEYOB4YwzCDxWlvdwmzhNSJrPtZpggxadkf8UVQER5g7tigqX1-q9aa6iX_d7ISELlYbSrGrziZINNQhTdw6dN2U5Msmit1Sw/s974/Scan_0010.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="680" data-original-width="974" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgGn0MuVIq3MRQv54f44YobdysC1-BTRyYSgXNoKwWWxaYq6oBR27vbh3r-n7dDRPIni2oMyaPn_IVTbagzrJE-928EIEYOB4YwzCDxWlvdwmzhNSJrPtZpggxadkf8UVQER5g7tigqX1-q9aa6iX_d7ISELlYbSrGrziZINNQhTdw6dN2U5Msmit1Sw/s320/Scan_0010.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">How many people did it take to get two riders inside Gemenoid? Photo was taken prior to the start of the Red Flannel Festival parade in 1990. (Prior photo of Gemenoid apparently was taken in McKinley's driveway at his home in Detroit.)</span></i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">According to his step-daughter, Trish Buzzone, Tom, as she called him, did most of the work on his HPVs himself, but when needed, had welders and fiberglass/plastic specialists to help him.</span></div><p></p>
<p style="color: #262626; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-kerning: none;">“At the end of his journey, that (developing HPVs) was his greatest passion,” she said.</span></p>
<p style="color: #262626; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-kerning: none;">When he and his wife moved to Sun City, Arizona, Buzzone said, he took a couple of his creations with him that were best suited for pedaling around in a senior citizen community.</span></p>
<p style="color: #262626; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-kerning: none;">She said the rest he sold or gave away, but doesn’t know if any still exist or who has them. <i>(If anyone knows, please contact the author.)</i></span></p><p style="color: #262626; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizAFl_iL4HvVo6tsHU1fLOnyYAmpW-9Kzp5CgIsq8FhXA0lBRX6KgejUjSMhYEX5UrsLFvK-tDn5_s4ACdNAlaKzF0K3jiLN_THRbgyZ9hB0dVUjxbOZKZTR8zeOvNOLjPIP8osjHnByz8Pv4Xx18dQc-SaXz735sP3EC4VUHZJJUKacj0qET6oWrNwg/s987/Scan_0001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="673" data-original-width="987" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizAFl_iL4HvVo6tsHU1fLOnyYAmpW-9Kzp5CgIsq8FhXA0lBRX6KgejUjSMhYEX5UrsLFvK-tDn5_s4ACdNAlaKzF0K3jiLN_THRbgyZ9hB0dVUjxbOZKZTR8zeOvNOLjPIP8osjHnByz8Pv4Xx18dQc-SaXz735sP3EC4VUHZJJUKacj0qET6oWrNwg/s320/Scan_0001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p style="color: #262626; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><br /></p><i><span style="font-family: arial;">In October 1992, the MHPVA returned to the Red Flannel Festival in Cedar Springs, with five vehicles in the parade, including McKinley's latest, Eagle Duo. Frame was welded aluminum tubing. Tires were 26x2.125. Each crank had a 42 tooth chainring, with the chains going to a jackshaft with three chainrings, with the center sprocket chain driving the rear wheel. Eagle Duo weighed about 100 pounds.</span></i><p></p><p style="color: #262626; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNviXuTxBR3BAu23T_fK4Yqc1Armo2BqP8fgfFTDCg2tnKN6Bl1Hfxx4dxUFQ7-Dxw1nVAQhlc3d1TD4bIi1cPOnS73OSdTx74AQsrOke7DoJREl1Wyv2nKaAB_PwqbvgcefUNEma2u__arn_f5J17mM8WQaWVyvz4zE-KhSsD95yiHOWWBUV76BxyeQ/s950/Scan_0006.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="477" data-original-width="950" height="161" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNviXuTxBR3BAu23T_fK4Yqc1Armo2BqP8fgfFTDCg2tnKN6Bl1Hfxx4dxUFQ7-Dxw1nVAQhlc3d1TD4bIi1cPOnS73OSdTx74AQsrOke7DoJREl1Wyv2nKaAB_PwqbvgcefUNEma2u__arn_f5J17mM8WQaWVyvz4zE-KhSsD95yiHOWWBUV76BxyeQ/s320/Scan_0006.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">This was apparently McKinley's final racing entry at the Michigan HPV Rally, at Waterford Hills in June 1993. Unfortunately, I (Mike E.) didn't write the name of the rider on the back of the photo.</span></i></div><br /><i><br /></i><p></p><p style="color: #262626; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #262626; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #262626; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p style="color: #262626; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 10px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><br /></span></p><p> </p>Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14555655123109522264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029111456498948871.post-23642490636223367222023-01-26T15:20:00.120-05:002023-06-14T14:44:06.927-04:0038th annual Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Rally - June 17-18, 2023<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcmgUWIJTm2ra-3Hg1iCfshGP5hzqeNbTXH784uv9WevQGXFXdHAh-7Xp7vfn19sknr0M2N3QDL2w30vbEVeXxFo6xk7z05gcn3VeS224tDF9QgG1XWrj_UcZH-Tbbgai0eBXtEfjnZxOx6AA8EjOi3QPn-h3HyEsd3TRDyXw2E2QTl9g2OK6_-lrEmA/s3072/100_4549.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcmgUWIJTm2ra-3Hg1iCfshGP5hzqeNbTXH784uv9WevQGXFXdHAh-7Xp7vfn19sknr0M2N3QDL2w30vbEVeXxFo6xk7z05gcn3VeS224tDF9QgG1XWrj_UcZH-Tbbgai0eBXtEfjnZxOx6AA8EjOi3QPn-h3HyEsd3TRDyXw2E2QTl9g2OK6_-lrEmA/w640-h480/100_4549.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: medium;"> Action from the 2022 Michigan HPV Rally </span></i></div></i></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 38th annual Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Rally will be Saturday and Sunday, June 17-18, 2023, at the Waterford Hills sports car racing track in Clarkston in southeastern Michigan, the location since 1986.</span></p><p><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"> <span style="font-family: arial;"> The oldest such event in North America is open to riders of all human powered vehicles – recumbents, streamliners, regular bicycles, tandems and handcycles. There are classes for streamlined, unstreamlined cycles, tandems, women, youth and tricycles. </span></span></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> The rally is conducted using Human Powered Race America rules (go to www.recumbents.com, then under “recumbent racing,” click on “Human Powered Race America,” then on “racing rules.” Note: HPRA rules require all vehicles to have a mirroror or mirrors enabling rear vision to both sides. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> The track, on the grounds of the Oakland County Sportsmen’s Club, is 1.4 miles around, with nine turns and one hill. Sunday races use a shorter course without the hill.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms", verdana, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #262626;"><span face="arialmt, sans-serif"><b>Entry fees:</b></span></span><span face="arialmt, sans-serif"><span style="color: #262626;">$30 for one day, $45 for two days. </span><span style="color: #1d1d1d;">C</span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms", verdana, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #262626;"><span face="helvetica, sans-serif">ollege and high school teams</span></span></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms", verdana, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #262626;">, $40 for first vehicle and rider; $10 for each additional </span></span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms", verdana, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #262626;"><span face="helvetica, sans-serif">vehicle or rider. </span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms", verdana, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #262626;"><span face="helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arialmt, sans-serif" style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;"> </span><a class="lEnhancr_1680951779864" data-yahoo-extracted-link="true" href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1GpuPuv6jfP4LYOfzGKjL96usiEUlkSVnDT6xtSNZCKY/edit?chromeless=1" id="linkextractor__1680951777680" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Pre-registration for the 38th annual Michigan HPV Rally June 17-18th, 2023</a></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;">Pre-registering will save time when you arrive, but paying entry fees still made when checking in. <i>Cash payment preferred,</i> but checks will be accepted.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Any entry fee money left after payment by organizers of track rental fee, insurance and expenses will be awarded as prize money to top finishers in each class. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><i><b>Spectators admitted free. Even if you don’t want to compete, come and see some unusual </b></i></span><b><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><i>and </i></span><i style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">very fast cycles. </i></b>Free camping available at track Friday and Saturday nights, with indoor showers.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Tentative schedule:</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>SATURDAY, </b>June 17:</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">8 a.m. – Registration and technical inspection starts.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">9:30 – One-hour time trial (streamliner, streetliner, tricycle classes).</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">11 – One-hour time trial (stock, junior, women, tandem classes).</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Noon – lunch (concession stand open 11:30-1).</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">12:15 p.m. – Hot laps on short loop, all classes, ride as many laps as </span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">you </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">want; your </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">fastest lap counts, electronic timing.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">1:30-2:30 – Hill climb/coast down. Race up the hill from a standing start,</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">then </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">when you </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">get to the top, start coasting. Coast as far as you can go, </span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">then mark </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">your stopping point </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">with chalk (provided). Separate scores/points </span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">for time up the </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">hill and distance coasted.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">After 2:30 – Tricycle race (no hill) and urban transportation contest.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Evening– (new @ June 14):<b> trackside barbecue </b>by Mark B., starting 5-6 p.m. – hamburgers hot dogs, pulled port crock pot, pasta salad bowl, watermelon slices, soft drinks, distilled water. Plates, napkins, utensils provided. $10 (additional donations accepted).</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>SUNDAY</b></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">8:30-9:30 a.m. – Flying start 200-foot sprints (all classes).</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">10 – Short course (no hill) road race (faired classes), about 12 miles.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">11 – Short course (no hill) road race (unfaired classes), about 9 miles.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Concession stand open 11:30-12:30.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Awards ceremony after last race, expected by 12:30 p.m.</span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">NOTE: There was some discussion about having the concession stand open for breakfast, but that won't happen. It will be open for lunch both days. </span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Questions or suggestions: Contact Mike Eliasohn (<a href="mailto:mikethebike2325@comcast.net" style="color: #223344;">mikethebike2325@comcast.net</a>, </span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">269-281-0797) </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">or </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Mike Mowett (</span><a href="mailto:mowett@aol.com" style="color: #223344; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">mowett@aol.com</a><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">, 586-863-3902)</span></div><br /><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span face="arialmt, sans-serif"><b>TO GET TO THE RALLY: </b></span></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1d1d1d;">From I-75, get off at exit 91. Take M-15 south </span><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d1d1d;">to Dixie Hwy. (US-24). Turn left, continuing south about 1 mile and turn </span><br /><span style="color: #1d1d1d;">left onto Waterford Road, then proceed to track. If coming from the west, </span><br /><span style="color: #1d1d1d;">take U.S. 23 north (or south) to M-59 (Highland Road). Go east on M-59 </span><br /><span style="color: #1d1d1d;">to Airport Road, then left (north) to US-24. Turn left, then immediately right</span><br /><span style="color: #1d1d1d;">onto Waterford Road. Go about a half-mile to track.</span></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><b>PLACES TO STAY:</b> </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><b>CAMPING</b> </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">Free camping available overnight Friday and Saturday at the Waterford Hills track, starting at 6 p.m. Friday. Restrooms, showers available and possibly electrical hookups.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">STATE CAMPGROUNDS (www.michigan.gov/dnr)</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">Highland Recreation Area, 5200 E. Highland Road (M-59), White Lake, 248-889-3750. Two miles east of Highland. Holly Recreation Area, 8100 Grange Hall Road, Holly, 248-634-8811. Five miles east of Holly. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">Pontiac Lake Recreation Area, 7800 Gale Road, Waterford, 248-666-1020. Closest to Waterford Hills track, about 4 miles west. (Due to upgrades being made, modern campground will be closed until at least July 9, but other camping available.)</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">OAKLAND COUNTY: Groveland Oaks County Park, 14555 Dixie Hwy., Holly, northeast of Holly, 248-634-9811.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><b>MOTELS </b> </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">Clarkston - Clarkston Motor Inn, 6853 Dixie Hwy. (US-10), 248-625-1522, 12 rooms, 2 miles northeast. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">Clarkston - Olde Mill Inn of Clarkston, 5835 Dixie Hwy., 248-623-0300. Across Dixie Highway from Waterford Road leading to track. This is the closest motel to the track.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">Hartland - Best Western of Hartland, 10087 M-59 at US-23, 810-632-7177, 61 rooms. About 18 miles west. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">Waterford – American Inn, 7076 Highland Road (M-59), 248-666-8555, 111 rooms. About 3 miles southwest. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">Waterford – Holiday Inn Express, 4350 Pontiac Lake Road, 248-674-3434, 83 rooms. About 7 miles southwest. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;">Whitmore Lake – Days Inn, 9897 Main St. (off US-23, exit 53), 734-550-0105, 61 rooms. About 33 miles southwest. </div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><i> Note:</i> The Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Association was formed in July 1984 and officially came to an end Sept. 30, 2016, due to a lack of active members willing to continue to run the organization. However, the Michigan HPV Rally continues.</div><div style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"> This blog, website (www.mhpva.org) and Facebook page (www.facebook.com/mhpva) continue.</div></div><p><i style="font-family: arial;">Historical note </i><span style="font-family: arial;">(subject to Mike E's memory): The first three rallies were held elsewhere before coming to Waterford Hills in 1986. Then in 1989, the Michigan HPV Association conducted the International Human Powered Speed Championships, with most events at Michigan International Speedway, and in 2009, the Michigan Human Powered Speed Challenge was held at the Ford Motor Co. proving grounds near Romeo. COVID canceled the scheduled 2020 rally. Add it all together and this year's rally will be our 40th annual event.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></p>Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14555655123109522264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029111456498948871.post-86903948943363721832022-08-23T14:34:00.002-04:002022-08-23T22:07:44.903-04:00Owosso Bike Fest - Aug. 14, 2022<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcvlU_pHSwjIV14HfsbFBEMeSeQ1yMqvPHdIM_gZJBkNPV3-d9Hjxak8aGpgd5bxRlfdZzOOREqMXR32h7c1ASYfjhRm9DWV_Rjg3eL1M8o3EcDmNWKVyYa2qUzdq36nHA4FXFozCRvsx-xA0b9sW7nNQIMHaXvlvhZW1r2xNwMTgIWw5Ff9EGqId79Q/s833/286212321_1388132554967423_4636363249722027402_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="833" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcvlU_pHSwjIV14HfsbFBEMeSeQ1yMqvPHdIM_gZJBkNPV3-d9Hjxak8aGpgd5bxRlfdZzOOREqMXR32h7c1ASYfjhRm9DWV_Rjg3eL1M8o3EcDmNWKVyYa2qUzdq36nHA4FXFozCRvsx-xA0b9sW7nNQIMHaXvlvhZW1r2xNwMTgIWw5Ff9EGqId79Q/w400-h259/286212321_1388132554967423_4636363249722027402_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">For bicycle enthusiasts, as opposed to bicycling enthusiasts, Owosso Bike Fest is great fun.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">As the flier above says, it's intended for classics, cruisers and homebuilts, and not for road and mountain bikes. And probably not recumbents, though two were seen there.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">But for people who like the intended bikes, who like to talk about bikes, or are looking for restoration projects, or parts needed to complete restoration projects, Owosso Bike Fest is a small, but terrific event. For instance, looking for a cable-drive (no batteries or programming needed) speedometer to complete the 1960s look on a bike? One seller had several.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This year's Bike Fest, the 17th annual, was on Sunday, Aug. 14. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">The event was also a salute to Rick Morris, owner of sponsoring The House of Wheels, who was celebrating his 50th year in business. (He now has the business and building for sale, as he looks forward to retirement,) The Bike Fest takes place in the block long parking area behind the store.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">In addition to the Bike Fest, there was the traditional trail ride to Ovid on Saturday and on Sunday afternoon, a bicycle scavenger hunt, which was a collaboration between the Shiawassee Arts Council, also celebrating its 50th anniversary, and House of Wheels.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">(Text by Mike Eliasohn. Photos by Julie Turner, assisted by Ginger, and Mike Eliasohn.)</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfacMGsMhC9ZAkVx6MW4ZUNwOmDca6J524PtMZOVMPq1gsItVIE0HsD-7gS9IP2HD3-Fw37NFf4vb7Z5xKy2_XBEPljknZq7GxdCRJ9FzCAyOBQowSFntQzLL2yKYqvYSzEXN1UZcmarqRIRuygrBZ5TDnDTJ07hpzaTNyNmi1tZz3T_tcAUygUPKOgQ/s2843/20220814_130459_resized.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2133" data-original-width="2843" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfacMGsMhC9ZAkVx6MW4ZUNwOmDca6J524PtMZOVMPq1gsItVIE0HsD-7gS9IP2HD3-Fw37NFf4vb7Z5xKy2_XBEPljknZq7GxdCRJ9FzCAyOBQowSFntQzLL2yKYqvYSzEXN1UZcmarqRIRuygrBZ5TDnDTJ07hpzaTNyNmi1tZz3T_tcAUygUPKOgQ/w400-h300/20220814_130459_resized.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Owosso Bike Fest is a swap meet and show, with attendees voting for their favorite bike in various categories (but no road or mountain bike categories). Here's the winners and their plaques. Michigan HPV Association co-founder Terry Gerweck, winner in the small wheel category, is second from left. House of Wheels owner Rick Morris is at right. (JT photo)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijZk3MUkpO2BAVoLw3Hz8-Mpn4quKGpIrOm5rS5ckV4iZ2z2-zZermvcWweUWWvM2Rmx-eJ0EGWk-srFLXaC3BRqubuwyooDajvyHCuvnDGuyNZZHYyYRV9zat30eB48dl1wPmmqdluxlU80adX2zARAiacutDKehjAHwZhWjaTnwevjngPMY6aedRNA/s4608/IMG_0682.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijZk3MUkpO2BAVoLw3Hz8-Mpn4quKGpIrOm5rS5ckV4iZ2z2-zZermvcWweUWWvM2Rmx-eJ0EGWk-srFLXaC3BRqubuwyooDajvyHCuvnDGuyNZZHYyYRV9zat30eB48dl1wPmmqdluxlU80adX2zARAiacutDKehjAHwZhWjaTnwevjngPMY6aedRNA/w400-h300/IMG_0682.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><i>Here's Terry Gerweck's award-winning bike in the small wheel category, which he completed in 2013. It was entered in the show, but he also was hoping to sell it. (ME photo)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcxKl71_JrUrjBAsVnKs0bCoJzDA9E76XVSTbM_AsrMESk12J9zNDUq2WJJzEkpoewuuQC9XdaRkmNGCBuM_UdpgstihNYKSHFJQRVD0VwWnY0bFHVC-UTkYjj7l0DLJT1xBkwBmDg_1A_wo1vIz9FC7wrTAbLGY9k73TIqWgHmf_1m2m9u4eC6rVw6g/s4608/IMG_0683.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcxKl71_JrUrjBAsVnKs0bCoJzDA9E76XVSTbM_AsrMESk12J9zNDUq2WJJzEkpoewuuQC9XdaRkmNGCBuM_UdpgstihNYKSHFJQRVD0VwWnY0bFHVC-UTkYjj7l0DLJT1xBkwBmDg_1A_wo1vIz9FC7wrTAbLGY9k73TIqWgHmf_1m2m9u4eC6rVw6g/w400-h300/IMG_0683.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><i>Mike Gonyea of Owosso takes a test ride on Terry's bike. (ME photo)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD_gsGqZ4-gNhHA2I7V4MBGy20S3SNi4r26M3h6zKsizjvijNuiY8jnnw9NAb9bNq7a5Au3kkKcGxThe8JFqCCrIJXVRERl7a5JEL9lTX4P1b07RslAzVTSb_laeUIA268QvHtobBG49Qlt8Nz4FqjNisYhtV011U1OoGbpZzYKB_h6KZM-OVr7gmivQ/s1405/20220814_104609_resized.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1295" data-original-width="1405" height="369" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD_gsGqZ4-gNhHA2I7V4MBGy20S3SNi4r26M3h6zKsizjvijNuiY8jnnw9NAb9bNq7a5Au3kkKcGxThe8JFqCCrIJXVRERl7a5JEL9lTX4P1b07RslAzVTSb_laeUIA268QvHtobBG49Qlt8Nz4FqjNisYhtV011U1OoGbpZzYKB_h6KZM-OVr7gmivQ/w400-h369/20220814_104609_resized.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In the world of freak bikes, this is what is known as a "small tall," being ridden here by its builder, George Cook of Owosso. He said he made it about three years ago. (JT photo)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgImOOqVzUmJgHWzKdBwENntqtMvqCG_F-l9OL9kO5Zi47pLuM-N3dndivvdy6rCzrkQuvZTnBNoyKP-uWx21TQfNbWhNO4lrPbl-oLgHvKj_twV6z_jsR_vjDvOJgnudOgNVOuPCSFR7HY_zSunymS9mpdHLP6xdbhCcV62zznSf3gWQIVIM5CLI06g/s1865/20220814_113206_resized.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1865" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgImOOqVzUmJgHWzKdBwENntqtMvqCG_F-l9OL9kO5Zi47pLuM-N3dndivvdy6rCzrkQuvZTnBNoyKP-uWx21TQfNbWhNO4lrPbl-oLgHvKj_twV6z_jsR_vjDvOJgnudOgNVOuPCSFR7HY_zSunymS9mpdHLP6xdbhCcV62zznSf3gWQIVIM5CLI06g/w400-h320/20220814_113206_resized.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;">This Sun or Sun Seeker EZ-Sport CX was the lone recumbent for sale. I (Mike E.) neglected to ask the owner for the price. I believe he took it home unsold. (EZ-Sports can be modified to lower the seat and reduce weight by cutting off the </span><span style="font-family: arial;">straight tube on which the seat originally rests, then usually replacing the original seat with an all-mesh seat, such as those made by A.D. Carson at Recycled Recumbents.) (JT photo)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiu2a6kf_8Qcvydbbe0PcmPXi3SVOtCkBSmCMMg48jml8cP7L5cjrXNWLY5GNqiDIuFf2LcUs_iriAJHLmOdvHkvk1qjR2qtuiEuJ-tdgylha1fzkGFV_LcnMfDPcwBcrWGR1TjtcId7nmcOVm7YANAk42KDy2QF9jCRVQMxjJkRBPorragmV5nN6pwA/s2000/20220814_104902_resized.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiu2a6kf_8Qcvydbbe0PcmPXi3SVOtCkBSmCMMg48jml8cP7L5cjrXNWLY5GNqiDIuFf2LcUs_iriAJHLmOdvHkvk1qjR2qtuiEuJ-tdgylha1fzkGFV_LcnMfDPcwBcrWGR1TjtcId7nmcOVm7YANAk42KDy2QF9jCRVQMxjJkRBPorragmV5nN6pwA/w400-h300/20220814_104902_resized.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Bikes of all sizes were for sale at Owosso Bike Fest, though most were in the adult-size vintage category.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUnKIOrDK7t3b1E86Ja8G5GC0qgLMgeNyMAEDucJTlVPW7EGStLLnhQoomAB3iUtmxB9UNmHXyZLJTRb9rF5Buoq_ZdNlM5KBKqd0ipQitCpLEPPmVrj32AuoESA_3LEi10KEoiHM4pcxKFNUiB4q89ZKNsfk-0wjsDo8YgIZjPnwiCx69m7ggIT1kgg/s4608/IMG_0690.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUnKIOrDK7t3b1E86Ja8G5GC0qgLMgeNyMAEDucJTlVPW7EGStLLnhQoomAB3iUtmxB9UNmHXyZLJTRb9rF5Buoq_ZdNlM5KBKqd0ipQitCpLEPPmVrj32AuoESA_3LEi10KEoiHM4pcxKFNUiB4q89ZKNsfk-0wjsDo8YgIZjPnwiCx69m7ggIT1kgg/w400-h300/IMG_0690.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">If my memory is correct, these were two different brand (and sizes) of bikes made to match by changing components and were entered in the judging. (ME photo)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhayoeCBj2iDcCUBZsWNQeL94DZQtrRo7vpq-DwVsymggsBhc_q5TnM9XwrdtWOgqcLGXCkLUb-KMpT0ZPUvcyrH5tOFLFU3dLUBRwP9NjJ0D-DjD-K_VhZHCwwFw6K0eAQ2eautG1mCElgGKTGagUE2nNWxkenocbppv8iJbEiW12VNZtp_s45KtG8HA/s4608/IMG_0691.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3456" data-original-width="4608" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhayoeCBj2iDcCUBZsWNQeL94DZQtrRo7vpq-DwVsymggsBhc_q5TnM9XwrdtWOgqcLGXCkLUb-KMpT0ZPUvcyrH5tOFLFU3dLUBRwP9NjJ0D-DjD-K_VhZHCwwFw6K0eAQ2eautG1mCElgGKTGagUE2nNWxkenocbppv8iJbEiW12VNZtp_s45KtG8HA/w400-h300/IMG_0691.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Devin Nelson of Owosso started with a 1963 Schwinn Hollywood frame and turned it into this fat tire bike. The only other original part is the seat tube clamp. He estimated it has parts from at least six other bikes, including wheels, fork, crank, seat post and saddle. (ME photo)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9NctEDrfLHV0x6V1IoS5dlpzq8Ft5m2UwLfnGd7r2XVX96BSuliSsSqV686BABkis4sM-twwlBPXypuj-k42rrgvKIiXCcFo_dw7t3oNd96Y4rq7sjWDnEOSE_miYK7W41XuKeXsv8SQelot-AumkX_yS97Kmvq3VT_RllB3AaRG_DQCydnjURaeWQA/s2000/20220814_104409_resized.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9NctEDrfLHV0x6V1IoS5dlpzq8Ft5m2UwLfnGd7r2XVX96BSuliSsSqV686BABkis4sM-twwlBPXypuj-k42rrgvKIiXCcFo_dw7t3oNd96Y4rq7sjWDnEOSE_miYK7W41XuKeXsv8SQelot-AumkX_yS97Kmvq3VT_RllB3AaRG_DQCydnjURaeWQA/w400-h300/20220814_104409_resized.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><i>Looking for parts or accessories to restore a vintage bike. Chances were it could be found at Owosso Bike Fest. (JT photos)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTsWjGB0T_D8aIgYSJNqsNOr_hrCErVO6Q2QXtPBjSII_ftEJjptZzUaDDHbK-BwFVFPgUqwF603SWWDdpXCoDNrxNz3Ixi9IMnlapy5z1J4h9apvuezKQT2BRj_42zsUJC-1s2r6LGbeGDeD_IhTdurVtG0uJ21dps1rN_JrmTcAceZaXvJudiFSfig/s2000/20220814_104648_resized.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTsWjGB0T_D8aIgYSJNqsNOr_hrCErVO6Q2QXtPBjSII_ftEJjptZzUaDDHbK-BwFVFPgUqwF603SWWDdpXCoDNrxNz3Ixi9IMnlapy5z1J4h9apvuezKQT2BRj_42zsUJC-1s2r6LGbeGDeD_IhTdurVtG0uJ21dps1rN_JrmTcAceZaXvJudiFSfig/w400-h300/20220814_104648_resized.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlR7CtmAKdkuSJYMp6WBwnLDqdfvfyhKa7vwSt0a74NBlhYpqlNtOR9cGWbIa4AfssVmIj2gRiwwztLT55jhSIurq-sC1Cm3OKPq7omFRk_6EaQ4QnF-JQ0GxDHk8Z9Jkz_rH8uAWeCNE5S4ObMRdJeJB2bLDAR6pG2GV8prptO4Yh7cT9lYh-XoDDbw/s2000/20220814_104308_resized.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlR7CtmAKdkuSJYMp6WBwnLDqdfvfyhKa7vwSt0a74NBlhYpqlNtOR9cGWbIa4AfssVmIj2gRiwwztLT55jhSIurq-sC1Cm3OKPq7omFRk_6EaQ4QnF-JQ0GxDHk8Z9Jkz_rH8uAWeCNE5S4ObMRdJeJB2bLDAR6pG2GV8prptO4Yh7cT9lYh-XoDDbw/w300-h400/20220814_104308_resized.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><br /><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: italic; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14555655123109522264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029111456498948871.post-62344031520287535222022-06-03T14:30:00.040-04:002022-07-12T21:32:46.846-04:0037th annual Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Rally<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span></span></div></blockquote><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>Text and photos by Mike Eliasohn</i></span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Neither rain, even a downpour, and "wear every layer you have" temperatures on Sunday morning, were enough to deter dedicated HPVers from making the rounds of the Waterford Hills sports car racing track in Clarkston on May 21-22, 2022.</span></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The 37th annual rally attracted 20 competitors or vehicles, apparently the same number as at the 2021 rally. (Riders competing on more than one bike, and college teams with multiple riders using the same bike make competitor/vehicle counts less than perfect.)</span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I (Mike E.) suspect high gas prices and the forecast of possible rain and thunderstorms all day Saturday, then rain overnight Saturday into Sunday, kept some people away.</span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">But competitors did come from as far as Iowa, Tennessee and Wisconsin, and places closer, of course, and one spectator came from Minneapolis.</span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-0IDvaFVahxkveMBphHZSM8RyZhIzYvWXtH_2obcYbDJSvBHblFsH51bbN9rr84IXJJr98bSvttmNOtEO5mru78e4L0O2pvInvOndAotRB9TQGqblWbFvfLgJ7jhTPK0mrsevUq7fD33KJrsxx8Dy3f8BBelRo9YEkWMioCZl4dIQaR6hz7GfH2TBcg/s3072/100_4506.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-0IDvaFVahxkveMBphHZSM8RyZhIzYvWXtH_2obcYbDJSvBHblFsH51bbN9rr84IXJJr98bSvttmNOtEO5mru78e4L0O2pvInvOndAotRB9TQGqblWbFvfLgJ7jhTPK0mrsevUq7fD33KJrsxx8Dy3f8BBelRo9YEkWMioCZl4dIQaR6hz7GfH2TBcg/w400-h300/100_4506.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Our special thanks to Dennis Grelk. He and his mother, Marge, drove all the way from Donnellson, Iowa (over 1,000 miles round-trip) bringing three HPVs. In addition to competing, he ran <span style="color: black;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">the transponder timing system, helped get people to the starting line, and compilled the results.</span></span></i></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: black;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Rain Saturday morning delayed the start of the combined one-hour time trial to 12:30. That is, the one-hour time trial for streamliner, streetliner and tricycle classes was supposed to start at 9:30 and the one-hour for all other classes at 11, but we combined all classes into one, which hurt Dennis (any others?) who had a streamliner and his stock-class low racer, so only raced the latter (finishing 1</span></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: black;"><sup><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">st</span></sup></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: black;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> in class).</span></span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A dry afternoon enabled us to get in all the other scheduled events – hill climb/coast down, hot laps and urban transportation contest. There were no tricycles, so no tricycle race. </span></span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-5LhYD4OMZQd0WOFpw0uKbFj3t32zfNs9ttYy-qAigLJrG52yul-JSTx78BPUuZukc7RRPAavN5vBaEj2LtgSF1K5ThGBkgVvi_KP3Y-WDR8VNLhjWXRUpNStlvnmuu63vsyLjdFJXD3so4Mqr9rDq8UjnwyBMs-Ut4Ak-2N5oYgX-FR5DNozxokApg/s3072/100_4507.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-5LhYD4OMZQd0WOFpw0uKbFj3t32zfNs9ttYy-qAigLJrG52yul-JSTx78BPUuZukc7RRPAavN5vBaEj2LtgSF1K5ThGBkgVvi_KP3Y-WDR8VNLhjWXRUpNStlvnmuu63vsyLjdFJXD3so4Mqr9rDq8UjnwyBMs-Ut4Ak-2N5oYgX-FR5DNozxokApg/w400-h300/100_4507.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><span style="color: black;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>In addition to competing on his Morciglio M1, Mike Mowett of Detroit was co-organizer of the rally (along with Mike Eliasohn), set up and took down the timing equipment (some of which he made), handled the insurance and did anything else that needed doing.<br /></i></span></span></span><p></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Also among the missing were any junior class competitors (age 15 and younger on stock class vehicles) </span></span><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">and no official women’s entries.</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> I (Mike E.) believe two University of Toronto women did </span>compete in<span face="Arial, sans-serif"> some events, but due to UT team members switching vehicles, sometimes during individual events, it wasn’t possible for those doing the scoring to keep track of who was riding.</span></span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Hence the results list “UT one,” “UT two,” etc., not individual riders.</span></span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;">W</span>e also got a late start on Sunday as we waited for the track to dry from overnight rain. But we got all events in – the flying start 200-foot sprints and combined the two short-course (no hill) road races into one.</span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We made enough from entry fees and donations to break even financially (expenses were the track rental fee and insurance), but unfortunately, there was no “excess” to use for prize money.</span></span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxwQl7cv9QI2j_lb91WwPeX-AY8cPy38LwAjFuqzwqETed83Qn_UxVkbzTUY1LaM3lkNBpx3hNiRcaTNZg0RK_neP-dy7AW5PVf5z9DGjbEMeJSZIhFyDZErp9qw69urxIiaCQY3EgPmxrBEkyGznUsXd-_3Mp0c-7fGuyFvy8nNEUsN_cdmiMHSW4UA/s3072/100_4514.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxwQl7cv9QI2j_lb91WwPeX-AY8cPy38LwAjFuqzwqETed83Qn_UxVkbzTUY1LaM3lkNBpx3hNiRcaTNZg0RK_neP-dy7AW5PVf5z9DGjbEMeJSZIhFyDZErp9qw69urxIiaCQY3EgPmxrBEkyGznUsXd-_3Mp0c-7fGuyFvy8nNEUsN_cdmiMHSW4UA/w400-h300/100_4514.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;">Katodi Kabwana, 21, drove from his home in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, to compete, but what a journey in life he has taken. He was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, traveled with his family to Rwanda and then Uganda (all three countries are in central Africa), before coming to the United States with his mother when he was 15. (His sister came later.) They settled in Memphis, where Katodi’s interest in bicycles led to his meeting HPV competitors Peter and Ishtey Amminger (father and son). Then Katodi’s mom, Bridget, got a job in Cedar Rapids in 2020, so the moved there and the Ammingers arranged for him to compete in Dennis Grelk’s HPV races there last September. Then, since the Ammingers were planning to come to the Michigan rally from Memphis, they encouraged him to also come. Kadtodi raced a Rotator Tiger owned by Peter. Back in Cedar Rapids, he is attending a community college to improve his English language skills, with the ultimate goal of graduating from college and becoming an airline pilot.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM_oX_vIgPMeAbRgPjCK8shGEpywOHJrDbJwhhqIhom7gs4Vw7E6YvvUjUj0OQRnUNH0xfZXGWYXBNQfXFQ18bsHe5yrQlmkoXfme9L0jZpYZ1jj55Nz3MJ8AAZaniU-hJu0I7ahVYYwOcOmNOUnWw_Ty9BSavR1vePSncFZ82NsV6vZ21ndmt-XefVg/s3072/100_4500.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM_oX_vIgPMeAbRgPjCK8shGEpywOHJrDbJwhhqIhom7gs4Vw7E6YvvUjUj0OQRnUNH0xfZXGWYXBNQfXFQ18bsHe5yrQlmkoXfme9L0jZpYZ1jj55Nz3MJ8AAZaniU-hJu0I7ahVYYwOcOmNOUnWw_Ty9BSavR1vePSncFZ82NsV6vZ21ndmt-XefVg/w400-h300/100_4500.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Members of the University of Toronto Human Powered Vehicle Design Team (hpvdt.skule.ca) took advantage of the Saturday morning rain delay to work on two bikes. From left, Bill Kong, Calvin Moes and Zack Fine. The team came with 10 students, two student-built streamliners, the low racer on the table and a carbon fiber upright bike and and two manufactured recumbents. The team last competed at the Michigan rally in 2018.</i></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Here's the link to all the results, thanks to Dennis Grelk and Mike Mowett:</i></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: left;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fAMSCM4k9bCaUHfXS7als5Bxi_UYZaVp13qJIds1C7I/edit?fbclid=IwAR2yRSPTmNlMD651z1wdzP2-gOYpYoP5RToxFdp12lLIfol50CkMKHFyrBk#gid=1089521376" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fAMSCM4k9bCaUHfXS7als5Bxi_UYZaVp13qJIds1C7I/edit?fbclid=IwAR2yRSPTmNlMD651z1wdzP2-gOYpYoP5RToxFdp12lLIfol50CkMKHFyrBk#gid=1089521376</a></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Here’s the top three in each class:</p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Stock</b> (12 entries) – 1) Darryl Hanger, Greenwood, Ind., Velokraft NoCom. 315 points; 2) Ishtey Amminger, Memphis, Tenn., Cruzbike, 281; 3) Dennis Grelk, Donnellson, Iowa, homebuilt low racer, 280.</span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Streamllner </b>(5 entries) – 1) John Simon, Portland, Mich.,<b> </b>Moby streamliner, 315; 2) University of Toronto, 280; 3) Dan Glatch. Waterford, Wis., Milwaukee Flyer streamliner, 271.</span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Streetliner</b> (3 entries) – 1) Jeff Hunn, North Manchester, Ind., DF XL velomobile, 345; 2) Tony Levand, Lemont, Ill., homebuilt two-wheeler, 335; 3) Eric Winn, Brighton, Blue Velo Strada velomobile, 260.</span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWSacrWNAqHtka0plklc02NzXh-xqe7Z98S_p7Zf-4KaJijGeVzEtS997oiZVUGWPpNRvQwVBXlPknMYNr3O8gu-7ZlTfdmy6f4jJscqGMG1E980rpvRXqVqNiBKWhT--dlBVwW67yc16iGJ4ZgYedvY4Vhd7yc8KcF8h9mddimkOF1oITxkwxnYGPYA/s3072/100_4512.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWSacrWNAqHtka0plklc02NzXh-xqe7Z98S_p7Zf-4KaJijGeVzEtS997oiZVUGWPpNRvQwVBXlPknMYNr3O8gu-7ZlTfdmy6f4jJscqGMG1E980rpvRXqVqNiBKWhT--dlBVwW67yc16iGJ4ZgYedvY4Vhd7yc8KcF8h9mddimkOF1oITxkwxnYGPYA/w400-h300/100_4512.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>At 85, Richard Myers of Xenia, Ohio, was the oldest competitor – and it’s safe to say he’s our oldest ever. He only rode his Bacchetta Strada in the one-hour time trial (shown here) and hot laps on Saturday. ”I’m not competing. I’m here to ride,” he said prior to one-hour. </i></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0X2K6jOhWjG0_xO4AblMmH7eSTmkPyvQDURIRueogHqGTI76BUbdvtoIZsioVGom3YRYvNZliZs7fruBhKO8lzfwwANGvDwOt0jAA6Lb97FMADY320Zzy-MxTOT58EBC8fYRiAN0ieVHFx3ugi8zqn6qfXQFetVAh9pUvz2fnsDryrwGUorjxCdnnxg/s3072/100_4501.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0X2K6jOhWjG0_xO4AblMmH7eSTmkPyvQDURIRueogHqGTI76BUbdvtoIZsioVGom3YRYvNZliZs7fruBhKO8lzfwwANGvDwOt0jAA6Lb97FMADY320Zzy-MxTOT58EBC8fYRiAN0ieVHFx3ugi8zqn6qfXQFetVAh9pUvz2fnsDryrwGUorjxCdnnxg/s320/100_4501.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;">G<i>etting ready for the start of the combined one-hour early Saturday afternoon. Due to Saturday morning’s rain delay, the scheduled two one-hour time trials that morning were combined into a single race for all 20 competitors, which started at 12:30 that afternoon.</i></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Front row, from left, Jeff Hunn, University of Toronto, Tony Levand and Mike Mowett.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Here's the top two in each class in each event:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Saturday: </b></span><b style="font-family: arial;">One-hour time trial </b><span style="font-family: arial;">– Stock: 1) Dennis Grelk, 19 laps at average speed of 26.154 mph/42.09 kph, 2) Mike Mowett. Streamliner: 1) John Simon, 19 laps at average speed of 26.059 mph/41.94kph, 2) Dan Glatch. Streetliner: 1) Jeff Hunn, 19 laps at average speed of 25.744 mph/41.43 kph, 2) Tony Levand.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKd5-pLSE7hlUTjsT79q78XrtGEkj8FrOUTSeAe2Rlwf7-wxye_RJdPGBGO6W4kwe3pRbeslpZGtTAcu8o7F2wAiDiJyE3cKUcZmltAgE1Vg-esRg4Slco9x6_8yYBf2IGkqDMD0OJtEbR-MG72fXUwIgTjuOtV9SL-MAzI1FWxv361VgMjHqlIHR5qg/s3072/100_4517.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKd5-pLSE7hlUTjsT79q78XrtGEkj8FrOUTSeAe2Rlwf7-wxye_RJdPGBGO6W4kwe3pRbeslpZGtTAcu8o7F2wAiDiJyE3cKUcZmltAgE1Vg-esRg4Slco9x6_8yYBf2IGkqDMD0OJtEbR-MG72fXUwIgTjuOtV9SL-MAzI1FWxv361VgMjHqlIHR5qg/w400-h300/100_4517.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>John Simon of Portland, won the streamliner class in his Moby streamliner. Terry Hreno of Indiana built it in 1984 and sold it to John in 1988, He's been racing it ever since.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Hill climb – </b>Stock: 1) Zach Fine, University of Toronto, UT upright carbon fiber Zephyr, 20.262 seconds,(1st overall); 2) Daryl Hanger, 22.890. Streamliner: 1) Bill Kong, UT, UT Vortex streamliner, 24.285 sec., 2) Calvin Moes, UT, Vortex, 25.573. Streetliner: 1) Eric Winn, 27.416 sec., 2) Jeff Hunn, 28.174.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>From a standing start, competitors race up the hill (the hill climb time), stop pedaling and then coast as far as they can without pedaling. They mark where they stopped with chalk on the pavement.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Coast down – </b>Stock: 1) Dennis Grelk, homebuilt low racer, 2) Mike Mowett. Streamliner: Dennis Grelk, Baracuda streamliner (1st overall), 2) Bill Kong (2nd overall). Streetliner: 1) Jeff Hunn (3rd overall), 2) Tony Levand.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Hot laps</b> – Stock: 1) Ishtey Amminger, fastest lap, 28.50 mph/45.87 kph, 2) Daryl Hanger. Streamliner: 1) Dennis Grelk, 29.43 mph/47.36 kph (fastest overall). Streetliner: 1) Tony Levand, 28.62 mph/46.06 mph, 2) Jeff Hunn.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFlN3NHYhDLLajZGZrf13tVBBqZxUgscsoxfEs5Q5RYqxbJ71m-A4Nec4EZb7XaKF4SLRp01VO_-e1Lngp72j70HIcD3A0b5YSff5xN2_h_I2AH2hNYN6wRLZW5RAFngPhHAKzXwfXCV1tD1oLCXG5KgMBGCeyilp6DiywED2_LTRbQolhrqe13VEe4w/s3072/100_4526.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFlN3NHYhDLLajZGZrf13tVBBqZxUgscsoxfEs5Q5RYqxbJ71m-A4Nec4EZb7XaKF4SLRp01VO_-e1Lngp72j70HIcD3A0b5YSff5xN2_h_I2AH2hNYN6wRLZW5RAFngPhHAKzXwfXCV1tD1oLCXG5KgMBGCeyilp6DiywED2_LTRbQolhrqe13VEe4w/w400-h300/100_4526.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>When it comes to practicality, conventional upright bikes can have their advantages. Dave Johnson of Olivet, shown here starting the hillclimb, won the urban transportation contest on his Specialized Stumpjumper.</i></span></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Urban transportation contest</b> – </span><i style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: arial; font-size: 12.609999656677246px;"> </i><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The four competitors were scored on their time and ranking in the hill climb, ranking in the coast down, obstacle course time (a simple test of acceleration, maneuverability and braking) and points and ranking in the evaluation of the practicality of their vehicle. Points were awarded for lights (front and rear), fenders (front and rear), reflectors, daytime visibility, cargo carrying (minimal, one grocery bag or two), horn or bell, brakes, rearview mirrors, security against theft, convenience (getting on or in and off or out), weather protection, and carrying tools and tire pump or inflator and spare inner tube or tube repair kit.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); clear: both; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;">For instance, the fastest of the four on the hill climb received 4 points; next, 3 points, etc. The rider scoring the most "practicality points" for lights, cargo carrying, etc., received 4 point; second most practicality points, 3; etc.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #333333;">When the points for hill climb, coast down, obstacles course and practicality evaluation were added up, high score won. </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #333333;">The winner was Dave Johnson of Olivet on his upright Specialized Stumpjumper mountain bike, 13 points; 2) Dennis Grelk on his homebuilt long wheelbase recumbent and 3) tie between Daryl Hanger and Calvin Rieder 8 points. Darryl rode a Cruzbike S40 towing a trailer, handy for transporting his 22-month old daughter (back home in Greenwood, Ind., he usually tows the trailer with his Catrike recumbent tricycle, and sometimes also uses the trailer for hauling groceries.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #333333;">Calvin, from the University of Toronto, rode a manufactured SpeedMachine medium wheelbase recumbent with front and rear suspension. He didn't ride it in the hillclimb, so teammate Lincoln MacDonald's time was used.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx4B5yChxqKlDIGhUL45RY07i_CsaMnnoXXkLaf4H8TMs0nOu6saBkCQ13RcEuPGZiAU8wnxphPh2dtuEFpT98yWdYEZQ_Fsn9vyX1nvIEHup6aCgpfB_H3RiYWu7a9ghKm4v8A699ygcWqou5hZ3qUmEoeYxYRfHJMQCYKcI3bae7DOKdni5ui9K2MQ/s3072/100_4523.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx4B5yChxqKlDIGhUL45RY07i_CsaMnnoXXkLaf4H8TMs0nOu6saBkCQ13RcEuPGZiAU8wnxphPh2dtuEFpT98yWdYEZQ_Fsn9vyX1nvIEHup6aCgpfB_H3RiYWu7a9ghKm4v8A699ygcWqou5hZ3qUmEoeYxYRfHJMQCYKcI3bae7DOKdni5ui9K2MQ/w400-h300/100_4523.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Dennis Grelk on his latest homebuilt finished second in the urban transportation contest. It's designed for riding on any type of road, including gravel, but not offroad. Steering is by two rods with pivots at the handlebar and fork ends.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Sunday – Flying start 200-foot sprints (top speed event): </b>Stock<b> –</b> 1) Mike Mowett, 40.38 mph/64.99 kph, 2) Dennis Grelk, 38.74 mph/62.35 kph. Streamliner<b> – </b>1) Calvin Moes, University of Toronto, Vortex, 43.32 mph/69.72 kph, 2) Bill Kong, UT, Vortex, 42.4 mph/68.30 kph. Streetliner – 1) Jeff Hunn, 39.37 mph/63.36 kph, 2) Tony Levand, 38.03 mph/61.20 kph.</div><br /><span style="color: #333333;"><b>20-lap short course road race: Stock </b>- 1) Daryl Hanger, average speed 22.442 mph, 18 laps, 2) Ishtey Amminger. Streamliner – 1) John Simon, 24.906 mph (2nd overall, 19 laps), 2) Univ. Toronto 1. Streetliner – 1) Tony Levand, 26.231 mph (1st overall, 20 laps), 2) Jeff Hunn (3rd overall, 19 laps). </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #333333;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTkJnVuK-hofWSYjvCVPTi6mmCzLuWWeD3nnDx1KAx4YU12nfkChp7ecVT_Dne2ccOFd-qy8_6kYkXkJdUP_gYX8F362ageK4Y86zGhJp65_a71BEU98SG7IgMzcy5SwHKvU4PRmnMIp1P85rgtfJCEuGTFN2wwJxT4kkKLC-zwDX2aIWvuXHzSeOcxQ/s3072/100_4547.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTkJnVuK-hofWSYjvCVPTi6mmCzLuWWeD3nnDx1KAx4YU12nfkChp7ecVT_Dne2ccOFd-qy8_6kYkXkJdUP_gYX8F362ageK4Y86zGhJp65_a71BEU98SG7IgMzcy5SwHKvU4PRmnMIp1P85rgtfJCEuGTFN2wwJxT4kkKLC-zwDX2aIWvuXHzSeOcxQ/w400-h300/100_4547.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Ishtey Amminger of Memphis, Tenn., on his front-wheel-driver Cruzbike leads a streamliner ridden by ? in Sunday morning's road race. The short course eliminates the hill seen in the background. Ishtey completed 16 laps, good for 2nd in the stock class.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_BQVKZLlpZwBDcgP3uY1vA_zeH8p4Id84JfsnmaSgEUWupOAv49b3zZeR63B7IPORKowfBkid37IwMSeGzi5eshFecsVxWK-RVQ9ptoV38Cijv9Icubs9G1IvqbrK5zZsyvLVJUNt0AAWVcIWvCU0Tkn7_KzVTzB_OuCf8ybqqPNJVS9AVkcxZnOGow/s3072/100_4549.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_BQVKZLlpZwBDcgP3uY1vA_zeH8p4Id84JfsnmaSgEUWupOAv49b3zZeR63B7IPORKowfBkid37IwMSeGzi5eshFecsVxWK-RVQ9ptoV38Cijv9Icubs9G1IvqbrK5zZsyvLVJUNt0AAWVcIWvCU0Tkn7_KzVTzB_OuCf8ybqqPNJVS9AVkcxZnOGow/w400-h300/100_4549.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Jeff Hunn in his DF XL velomobile is about to lap this University of Toronto rider on the student-built Zephyr carbon fiber frame bike. Jeff completed 19 laps at an average speed of 24.155 mph in the short course road race, good for 3rd place overall.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Qn_XPqXG3ebMQ6he1O-actRScKNnhBLwK49mYvfhwMV8g1ETOcDJeMsZ73VBWsNZeUUI_CSCGYUJFYMkFNqxBuKneWZxFP5ygCScT8qyU7UUYWvo7uMX9Mu3H1s7EzyyDxxvPFKGkLR9M-7i7ADl5_OJEDtndNRqIQ46w5EVMBsc-8pXnEzfZ2bAYQ/s3072/100_4529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Qn_XPqXG3ebMQ6he1O-actRScKNnhBLwK49mYvfhwMV8g1ETOcDJeMsZ73VBWsNZeUUI_CSCGYUJFYMkFNqxBuKneWZxFP5ygCScT8qyU7UUYWvo7uMX9Mu3H1s7EzyyDxxvPFKGkLR9M-7i7ADl5_OJEDtndNRqIQ46w5EVMBsc-8pXnEzfZ2bAYQ/w400-h300/100_4529.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Eric Winn of Brighton prepares to unload his Blue Velo Strada from the roof of his motor vehicle prior to the start of Sunday morning's competition. Purchased used, he has owned it since 2014.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqHESX1tdMcc17vSz-M4Bo0jFvWHc5T0mVBplOmVWbLe3oLnQxiG7PXk17kXGvfs_jUfcn1YRrUozDHTY0BZSEsAqPjxh1pPcpO9KHqqnZ8EAuJQ0bpd7vJS8gDjqineCMy8e35i2xNhji2nmoxhQOB5mKqWgUu6mP-j2XxL08z1gdzISAvJyxsHWArA/s3072/100_4525.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqHESX1tdMcc17vSz-M4Bo0jFvWHc5T0mVBplOmVWbLe3oLnQxiG7PXk17kXGvfs_jUfcn1YRrUozDHTY0BZSEsAqPjxh1pPcpO9KHqqnZ8EAuJQ0bpd7vJS8gDjqineCMy8e35i2xNhji2nmoxhQOB5mKqWgUu6mP-j2XxL08z1gdzISAvJyxsHWArA/w400-h300/100_4525.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>What looks unusual here is unusual. It's Jim Northrup of Ypsilanti starting the hill climb on his Alenax lever drive bike. When the pedal attached to one lever arm is going up, the other is going down, so at one point in each pedal stroke, both feet will be next to each other. Jim brought two of the three Alenax bikes he owns to the rally. Alenax lever drive bikes were manufactured in Taiwan from about 1983-1993. </i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); clear: both; color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><i style="font-family: arial;">Here's two YouTube videos from Daryl Hanger:</i></div></div></div></span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: gainsboro; caret-color: rgb(25, 25, 112); color: midnightblue; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: small;">Hill climb / coast down</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(25, 25, 112); color: midnightblue; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica;" /><a href="https://youtu.be/drDeVc6g_1w" style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica;" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/drDeVc6g_1w</a><br style="caret-color: rgb(25, 25, 112); color: midnightblue; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica;" /><span style="background-color: gainsboro; caret-color: rgb(25, 25, 112); color: midnightblue; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica; font-size: small;">20 lap race</span><br style="caret-color: rgb(25, 25, 112); color: midnightblue; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica;" /><a href="https://youtu.be/o8SWKmUQpk8" style="color: blue; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica;" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/o8SWKmUQpk8</a></span></div><div><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Photos and videos from John Johnston III of Minneapolis:</span></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a href="http://jhnj26.jalbum.net/Michigan%20Human%20Powered%20Vehicle%20Rally%202022/index.html" style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Rally 2022 (jalbum.net)</a></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><i style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: arial;">If you see any errors in this report, or anything else that needs clarification or changing, please email Mike Eliasohn at mikethebike2325@comcast.net</i></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span face="Grandview, sans-serif"> </span></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><p> </p></div>Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14555655123109522264noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029111456498948871.post-76334148493524464522022-05-08T23:32:00.039-04:002022-06-02T21:08:57.770-04:00New bikes coming to the Michigan HPV Rally<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b> Editor's n<i>ote: </i></b><i> When this article was posted, I was expecting that three of the four HPVs profiled here would be at the Michigan rally; the only person very likely not coming was Ron Thompson, who lives in Maryland, and his latest G4 recumbent.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>But in addition to Ron, Rob Lloyd and Thom Ollinger were no shows. Charles Brown did bring his new bike to the rally to show it, but raced last year's bike.</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i>So my apologies. Nevertheless, all four bike are interesting, so much so that they even attracted favorable attention from a recumbent enthusiast in Brazil. (Read his comment and then look at his blog.) Mike E. </i></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The 37th annual Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Rally (May 21-22, 2022) is getting close and those attending will see some new homebuilt vehicles, raced by their builders.<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Here's a look at the new vehicles your blog editor is aware of.</span></div><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbp4o762Y4bA2e0iBjSUhlVkYK6qKylgbNkO3hMt-iG_XZsjHrCXnOCve4Pa2m_3Sr5w4Yp74hONdAUKfLYAdo8u2uT32LVFszoPh_Asl77BVy2Iz9GTCCkvaqADiVTrI3XPQf38YuULO9y0Qi4Mq4iH0-zAUyH9BWLcG7eiJ7IyUOZVIfLwY4xO789g/s960/Willow%20TT%202022%20Rob%20Lloyd.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="960" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbp4o762Y4bA2e0iBjSUhlVkYK6qKylgbNkO3hMt-iG_XZsjHrCXnOCve4Pa2m_3Sr5w4Yp74hONdAUKfLYAdo8u2uT32LVFszoPh_Asl77BVy2Iz9GTCCkvaqADiVTrI3XPQf38YuULO9y0Qi4Mq4iH0-zAUyH9BWLcG7eiJ7IyUOZVIfLwY4xO789g/w400-h265/Willow%20TT%202022%20Rob%20Lloyd.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rob Lloyd of Whitmore Lake has been detailing design and construction of his lowest-ever low racer on bentrideronline.com. (On "Message board," go to "Specialty discussions," then "Homebuilders," then "Low racer build." Here he is making its debut at the 13.2-mile time trial April 23 at Willow Metropark in New Boston. Unfortunately, mechanical problems forced him to drop out after three of the six 2.2-mile laps, but with enough time to get everything fixed, plus a paint job, prior to the rally at Waterford Hills. (Paul Cyr photo)</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0O4rHG-9HJYiupdJqJTZCZgbxL9J69UzPAKUmqznEzVwXY6MAHtKZ3ejeEZf15MeKxUdUQM2VCD-yAbHFi9yFcVIjfLb91HtAHI03m4XJnBWVyR9gPMfURSTpctlkxV7UumIVmpAQPvCmyBr_nLYU9VD0yjjblDisTr2qv98stfbnI5TFYXQjPRjX0A/s800/52014428398_69b0000d90_c.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="800" height="215" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0O4rHG-9HJYiupdJqJTZCZgbxL9J69UzPAKUmqznEzVwXY6MAHtKZ3ejeEZf15MeKxUdUQM2VCD-yAbHFi9yFcVIjfLb91HtAHI03m4XJnBWVyR9gPMfURSTpctlkxV7UumIVmpAQPvCmyBr_nLYU9VD0yjjblDisTr2qv98stfbnI5TFYXQjPRjX0A/w400-h215/52014428398_69b0000d90_c.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Here's a side view of Rob's new bike, prior to the Willow Metropark time trial and painting. (Rob Lloyd photo)</span></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNzx9YEXo1kC9s1ToxRrjvB546uQ8O4H8saz81Si86hIEyWbByMkEUY0Hq_lrNlz37fdixhaME-LeOFOTWxuwMN5j_o6i3fB7v9c7I_Xn9d_1ASBW3wH5mqoSjdiLnckxIhMUIT61gdleutzJqbVyRVAokOJNQS2R3xc5HKTDm0CM0JRSOSOTHZENwkw/s960/Willow%20TT%202022%20Thom%20Ollinger.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="649" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNzx9YEXo1kC9s1ToxRrjvB546uQ8O4H8saz81Si86hIEyWbByMkEUY0Hq_lrNlz37fdixhaME-LeOFOTWxuwMN5j_o6i3fB7v9c7I_Xn9d_1ASBW3wH5mqoSjdiLnckxIhMUIT61gdleutzJqbVyRVAokOJNQS2R3xc5HKTDm0CM0JRSOSOTHZENwkw/w270-h400/Willow%20TT%202022%20Thom%20Ollinger.JPG" width="270" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Thom Ollinger of West Milton, Ohio, is a long-time HPV builder and competitor who has often competed at the Michigan rally. Here he is on his latest creation, at the Willow Metropark time trial, which drew about 120 competitors (presumably most on upright bikes). (Scott Kroske photo)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9K7_WgCemi1wmatJuIBtvIFg4YeQyahQEhiSKZwtbRg0ufq6x0vtDnD4tlb5LYIGeABew7IPLKNdNZEj8erCvReaNjeOrmUAbnMlAEvIkDb59s-ZUuOU_a-v8kS3ipScWYxcW_BAEZ2mdegC9kE8dDMgbiv5g5h2CGWA1nFmrc22eEFj0PD6hJlPWyA/s2048/279446275_5530002030366722_6201416571190273588_n.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9K7_WgCemi1wmatJuIBtvIFg4YeQyahQEhiSKZwtbRg0ufq6x0vtDnD4tlb5LYIGeABew7IPLKNdNZEj8erCvReaNjeOrmUAbnMlAEvIkDb59s-ZUuOU_a-v8kS3ipScWYxcW_BAEZ2mdegC9kE8dDMgbiv5g5h2CGWA1nFmrc22eEFj0PD6hJlPWyA/w400-h300/279446275_5530002030366722_6201416571190273588_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Charles Brown of Southfield has built many recumbents over the years, the goal of this one making it as light as possible. Here's his brief description: In top view (not shown), the frame is off center, placed pretty close to the chain line. This reduces the sideways forces on the frame, so a smaller diameter tube can handle the lateral and torsional loads. To manage the vertical loads, some light compression struts and thin rod are added to make a truss. The resulting frame is quite strong and stiff, and weighs only 2/3 as much as the usual single large diameter tube frame.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">At the 2021 Michigan rally, Ron and Peggy Thompson of Bel Air, Md., attracted a lot of favorable attention with Ron's innovative G4 front-wheel-drive, front-wheel-steering recumbents. (See article below dated July 1, 2021 and report on the 2021 rally.)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;">Since then, Ron completed a racing version. Ron competed on the new bike and Peggy on her "old" G4 at a 100-mile race in Sebring, Fla., in February. Here's Ron's description in an email to the editor, sent May 1 (edited by Mike E.):</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: arial; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPss94pBq3K2CsLRs5oes1C3al0dE8rIzO2ix28XZCFaYmYjBo6nSk9wA4_cMD7mrE_5Q9LoZ7BYwXDBlvk-k3tIFlpsflBAlLfmYsJ7W5gfy8Q4-yRRymQNhaJOWiw-Gp66ERT01SBdw7yn56L1jhPR264dHmReHGwCRxTU7HClE09GEIU7TQ6AGBLg/s1696/16294.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1022" data-original-width="1696" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPss94pBq3K2CsLRs5oes1C3al0dE8rIzO2ix28XZCFaYmYjBo6nSk9wA4_cMD7mrE_5Q9LoZ7BYwXDBlvk-k3tIFlpsflBAlLfmYsJ7W5gfy8Q4-yRRymQNhaJOWiw-Gp66ERT01SBdw7yn56L1jhPR264dHmReHGwCRxTU7HClE09GEIU7TQ6AGBLg/w400-h240/16294.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(5, 5, 5); color: #050505; font-family: arial; white-space: pre-wrap;"><i><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal;"> The new bike (above left) though has come together nicely. Well over a thousand miles on it. Did a nice 100k this morning. It is designed as a pure racer and is much faster than my "all purpose" concentric crank version of last year.</div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal;">Peggy and I both did the 100 mile race at Sebring, Fla. in February; finishing 2nd and 3rd respectively in class. And since winter riding in Maryland is limited, we were both badly undertrained! My 4:36 total time though was a personal record – the new bike is fast. </div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal;"> As with my red bikes, the new racer is designed to allow supplemental hand power input through pedal-steering interaction – analagous to standing to pedal an upright and tilting the bike against the descending pedal stroke. The mechanism is optimized on the blue bike. </div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; font-family: Helvetica; white-space: normal;"> Notice that the crankset location pictured at Sebring is in the fork crown itself and is located on the steering axis. That fork is painted blue. (below)</div></i></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjDzkZJS8UvbKhtSR75eANNDGzOOk66nxkGYo4cd82rSG1grlOhyPC0ifUuWrz8nGEt3ebShLxn0i8yrufV5UyF6tgt5X3SLw7oSMi_ipzxQshj9PquO_l0EJqCC-stb3V1qQ039uzaWSiZ85ykV25J5mcCSFTZSjl-KhN_Qs8HIdKIMKnsd0A9-bolg/s2737/IMG_20220219_171633666_HDR~2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1784" data-original-width="2737" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjDzkZJS8UvbKhtSR75eANNDGzOOk66nxkGYo4cd82rSG1grlOhyPC0ifUuWrz8nGEt3ebShLxn0i8yrufV5UyF6tgt5X3SLw7oSMi_ipzxQshj9PquO_l0EJqCC-stb3V1qQ039uzaWSiZ85ykV25J5mcCSFTZSjl-KhN_Qs8HIdKIMKnsd0A9-bolg/w400-h261/IMG_20220219_171633666_HDR~2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYsvHZT5HLz5Wkbc6lmsl05pTNgMNWty1QsIVyxrirSZJTbzlNpdXcW9nr6185-gEcxUM4jlXhGkCvyM24OO0uUGiCKr44Hw4768ww2TvccHMI6e1492VN7Q86Ju3kIbOt25h88apKucnuUg4Kywb3XnJvnYftkjQ_eB91Cy3DlZ3XL2G3q0gXtA7qrg/s4000/IMG_20220415_165201266.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYsvHZT5HLz5Wkbc6lmsl05pTNgMNWty1QsIVyxrirSZJTbzlNpdXcW9nr6185-gEcxUM4jlXhGkCvyM24OO0uUGiCKr44Hw4768ww2TvccHMI6e1492VN7Q86Ju3kIbOt25h88apKucnuUg4Kywb3XnJvnYftkjQ_eB91Cy3DlZ3XL2G3q0gXtA7qrg/w400-h300/IMG_20220415_165201266.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica;"><i>This photo shows a new, unpainted fork, with the crankset located 7 inches forward of the steering axis. This solved several problems. The bike has now become a real joy to ride! </i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica;"><i><br /></i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica;"><i> I am continuing to work on small fairings for the bike. The bike seems to be responding well. Will see how it goes.</i></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica;">Unfortunately, as of this report (May 8), it's uncertain whether Ron and Peggy will make it to this year's rally, high fuel prices being one factor. (It's more than 500 miles from Bel Air to Clarkston.)</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica;">If they don't make it, they will be with us in spirit.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica;">Also, for the first time since 2018, the University of Toronto student HPV team will be at the Michigan rally. If they can get everything done in time, according to faculty adviser Jun Nogami, more than 10 students will be coming with three streamliners, a low racer and two manufactured recumbents.</div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;"><br /></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><div dir="auto" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;"><br /></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p>Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14555655123109522264noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029111456498948871.post-45364392813892411332022-05-03T09:36:00.002-04:002022-05-03T20:56:37.882-04:00Online registration for 2022 Michigan HPV Rally<p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">To register to compete in the Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Rally, May 21-22, click on this link: </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span face=""Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> </span><a href="https://forms.gle/LkxuFS2xAKaNURyU9" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/LkxuFS2xAKaNURyU9</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Registering online in advance will save entrants and organizers time on Saturday morning. Payment still has to be paid then.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14555655123109522264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029111456498948871.post-55318644990643516622021-12-25T21:33:00.084-05:002022-04-28T17:36:39.477-04:0037th annual Michigan HPV Rally May 21-22, 2022<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwaat1jSNvtUFnvqD6zAFVuYI4PL7gsaHkKe-ckQhrIFDUuIAqW2TMSJS4x28NNXR1t555WZaMTgeuwe0RBzVBSd0yQGuv5qghqSw4hRxU_XGvssaIneoxslnA-msTAyQCkyNvpArCkXVJXiQZDG-e3Mv9fCUx1o1jIoGivv7VsVilhC4cDgx0JnTZWg=s3072" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2304" data-original-width="3072" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwaat1jSNvtUFnvqD6zAFVuYI4PL7gsaHkKe-ckQhrIFDUuIAqW2TMSJS4x28NNXR1t555WZaMTgeuwe0RBzVBSd0yQGuv5qghqSw4hRxU_XGvssaIneoxslnA-msTAyQCkyNvpArCkXVJXiQZDG-e3Mv9fCUx1o1jIoGivv7VsVilhC4cDgx0JnTZWg=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: arial;"> Rally co-organizer Mike Mowett at the 2021 Michigan HPV Rally</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: arial;"><br /></i></div><p></p><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.609999656677246px;"> </span>The 37th annual Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Rally will be May 21-22, 2022, at the Waterford Hills sports car racing track in Clarkston, the location since 1986. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"> The oldest such event in North America is open to riders of all human powered vehicles – recumbents, streamliners, regular bicycles, tandems and handcycles. There are classes for streamlined, unstreamlined cycles, tandems, women, youth and tricycles. </div><div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"> The rally is conducted using Human Powered Race America rules (go to www.recumbents.com, then under “recumbent racing,” click on “Human Powered Race America,” then on “racing rules.” Note: HPRA rules require all vehicles to have a mirroror or mirrors enabling rear vision to both sides. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"> The track, on the grounds of the Oakland County Sportsmen’s Club, is 1.4 miles around, with nine turns and one hill. Sunday races use a shorter course without the hill.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"> </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms", verdana, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #262626;"><span face="arialmt, sans-serif"><b>Entry fees:</b></span></span><span face="arialmt, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="color: #262626;"> $25 for one day, $40 for two days. </span><span style="color: #1d1d1d;">C</span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms", verdana, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #262626;"><span face="helvetica, sans-serif">ollege and high school teams </span></span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms", verdana, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #262626;"><span face="helvetica, sans-serif">registering in advance, $35 for first vehicle and rider; $10 for each additional </span></span></span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span face=""trebuchet ms", verdana, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #262626;"><span face="helvetica, sans-serif">vehicle or rider. </span></span><span face=""trebuchet ms", verdana, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span face="arialmt, sans-serif"><i>Spectators </i></span></span></span><i style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: arialmt, sans-serif;">free. </i><span face="arialmt, sans-serif" style="color: #1d1d1d;"> (As of early-February, registration/payment will be at the rally; no online advance registration is planned, but that may change.)</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Any entry fee money left after payment by organizers of track rental fee, insurance and expenses will be awarded as prize money to top finishers in each class. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Free camping available at track Friday and Saturday nights, with indoor </span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">showers.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><i><b>Even if you don’t want to compete, come and see some unusual </b></i></span><br /><b><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><i>and </i></span><i style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">very fast cycles.</i></b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Tentative schedule:</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>SATURDAY, </b>May 21</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">8 a.m. – Registration and technical inspection starts.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">9:30 – One-hour time trial (streamliner, streetliner, tricycle classes).</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">11 – One-hour time trial (stock, junior, women, tandem classes).</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Noon – lunch (as of late April, concession stand <i>not</i> expected to be open).</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">12:15 p.m. – Hot laps on short loop, all classes, ride as many laps as </span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">you </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">want; your </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">fastest lap counts, electronic timing.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">1:30-2:30 – Hill climb/coast down. Race up the hill from a standing start,</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">then </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">when you </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">get to the top, start coasting. Coast as far as you can go, </span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">then mark </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">your stopping point </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">with chalk (provided). Separate scores/points </span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">for time up the </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">hill and distance coasted.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">After 2:30 – Tricycle race (no hill) and urban transportation contest.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Evening– eat at area restaurants or possible take-out pizza at trackside pavilion.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>SUNDAY</b></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">8:30-9:30 a.m. – Flying start 200-foot sprints (all classes).</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">10 – Short course (no hill) road race (faired classes), about 12 miles.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">11 – Short course (no hill) road race (unfaired classes), about 9 miles.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Awards ceremony after last race, expected by 12:30 p.m. Concession</span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">stand <i>not</i> </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">expected </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">to be open.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Questions or suggestions: Contact Mike Eliasohn (<a href="mailto:mikethebike2325@comcast.net" style="color: #223344;">mikethebike2325@comcast.net</a>, </span><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">269-281-0797) </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">or </span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Mike Mowett (</span><a href="mailto:mowett@aol.com" style="color: #223344; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">mowett@aol.com</a><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">, 586-863-3902)</span></div><br /><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1d1d1d; font-size: 12.609999656677246px;"><span face="arialmt, sans-serif"><b>TO GET TO THE RALLY: </b></span></span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1d1d1d; font-size: 12.609999656677246px;"><span face="arialmt, sans-serif">From I-75, get off at exit 91. Take M-15 south </span></span><br style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.609999656677246px;" /><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.609999656677246px; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span face="arialmt, sans-serif">to Dixie Hwy. (US-24). Turn left, continuing south about 1 mile and turn </span></span><br /><span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span face="arialmt, sans-serif">left onto Waterford Road, then proceed to track.If coming from the west, </span></span><br /><span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span face="arialmt, sans-serif">take U.S. 23 north (or south) to M-59 (Highland Road). Go east on M-59 </span></span><br /><span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span face="arialmt, sans-serif">to Airport Road, then left (north) to US-24. Turn left, then immediately right</span></span><br /><span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span face="arialmt, sans-serif">onto Waterford Road. Go about a half-mile to track.</span></span></div></div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><b style="font-size: 12.609999656677246px;">PLACES TO STAY:</b><span style="font-size: 12.609999656677246px;"> </span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.609999656677246px;"><br /></span></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.609999656677246px;"><b>CAMPING</b> </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.609999656677246px;">Free camping available overnight Friday and Saturday at the Waterford Hills track, starting at 6 p.m. Friday. Restrooms, showers available and possibly electrical hookups.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.609999656677246px;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.609999656677246px;">STATE CAMPGROUNDS (www.michigan.gov/dnr)</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.609999656677246px;">Highland Recreation Area, 5200 E. Highland Road (M-59), White Lake, 248-889-3750. Two miles east of Highland. Holly Recreation Area, 8100 Grange Hall Road, Holly, 248-634-8811. Five miles east of Holly. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.609999656677246px;">Pontiac Lake Recreation Area, 7800 Gale Road, Waterford, 248-666-1020. Closest to Waterford Hills track, about 4 miles west. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.609999656677246px;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.609999656677246px;">OAKLAND COUNTY: Groveland Oaks County Park, 14555 Dixie Hwy., Holly, northeast of Holly, 248-634-9811.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.609999656677246px;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.609999656677246px;"><b>MOTELS </b> </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.609999656677246px;">Clarkston - Clarkston Motor Inn, 6853 Dixie Hwy. (US-10), 248-925-1522, 12 rooms, 2 miles northeast. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.609999656677246px;">Clarkston - Olde Mill Inn of Clarkston, 5835 Dixie Hwy., 248-623-0300. Across Dixie Highway from Waterford Road leading to track. This is the closest motel to the track.</div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.609999656677246px;">Hartland - Best Western of Hartland, 10087 M-59 at US-23, 810-632-7177, 61 rooms. About 18 miles west. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.609999656677246px;">Waterford – Quality Inn and Suites, 7076 Highland Road (M-59), 248-666-8555, 111 rooms. About 3 miles southwest. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.609999656677246px;">Waterford – Holiday Inn Express, 4350 Pontiac Lake Road, 248-674-3434, 83 rooms. About 7 miles southwest. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.609999656677246px;">Whitmore Lake – Days Inn, 9897 Main St. (off US-23, exit 53), 734-550-0105, 61 rooms. About 33 miles southwest. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.609999656677246px;"><br /></div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.609999656677246px;"> <b>Note:</b> The Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Association was formed in July 1984 and officially came to an end Sept. 30, 2016, due to a lack of active members willing to continue to run the organization. However, the Michigan HPV Rally continues this year and hopefully in future years. </div><div style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.609999656677246px;"> This blog, website (www.mhpva.org) and Facebook page (www.facebook.com/mhpva) continue.</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /></div>Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14555655123109522264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029111456498948871.post-91564668765486798012021-08-27T00:02:00.036-04:002022-01-17T21:46:49.293-05:00An uncompleted recumbent – gone, but not forgotten<p><span style="font-family: courier;"><i> </i>Editor's note: After posting this in August 2021, I finally emailed Doug to see if he found a buyer for his uncompleted Easy Racer clone project. Here's his reply on Jan. 14, 2022:</span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;"><i>I never got anyone interested so I just dropped it off at a metal recycler. It was a project I started 15 years ago and never got around to finishing. Not a great loss. </i></span></span></span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: courier;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;">But I still thought the bike was interesting, so decided to leave the original article here, rather than delete this entry. Mike E.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 14px;">Doug Colby of Clarkston (where the Waterford Hills track is located) built this Easy Racer clone about 15 years ago, but never finished it, and finally decided it’s time to get it out of his house, so had it at the rally for sale. No buyer then, so it’s still available.</span></p><div style="font-size: 14px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgws2t32win04yS3nwllf2e-XmTUamSbaYHRiDh85lXMaHpePrnxRv4x_6ZYmcrAo9KdgWD-JyWNiaai0o_Koj9d3Kwv2usSejTwX0V_MTpAcsstiy3w0OP3pseexLSHhmPrHjznJlprd0O/s2048/P1011411.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgws2t32win04yS3nwllf2e-XmTUamSbaYHRiDh85lXMaHpePrnxRv4x_6ZYmcrAo9KdgWD-JyWNiaai0o_Koj9d3Kwv2usSejTwX0V_MTpAcsstiy3w0OP3pseexLSHhmPrHjznJlprd0O/w400-h300/P1011411.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">For $100, you get everything you see in the photos, however, Doug says, the wheels aren't useable, so will need to be replaced. </span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It appears the only fabrication and welding still needed would be to make and attach bridges or mounts for the front and rear brakes. Then some sanding and paint, assembly and go riding.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Doug MIG welded the frame from mild steel tubing. Wheelbase is 66 inches.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiignRrtmT4RoVcSMAHiIj1cXypsiJu-khOSbLmKZALtQSgkZEbOQd0rAcSLmCLDOSOiuUa4DcPtwk_cac0rQRaofKqpe6VgAJdRu-EPPbDcql1xTW3JoPwJ_VvS_RNbvJlXRCRm9yeCZGh/s2048/P1011412.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiignRrtmT4RoVcSMAHiIj1cXypsiJu-khOSbLmKZALtQSgkZEbOQd0rAcSLmCLDOSOiuUa4DcPtwk_cac0rQRaofKqpe6VgAJdRu-EPPbDcql1xTW3JoPwJ_VvS_RNbvJlXRCRm9yeCZGh/w400-h300/P1011412.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font-size: 14px;"><br /></div><div style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Over the years, Doug said he has built “probably six or seven” recumbents.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">If interested, contact him at (contact information deleted, since the bike is gone). The buyer will need to pick up the bike a</span><span style="font-family: arial;">t Doug’s house.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14555655123109522264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029111456498948871.post-34581636474229159982021-12-23T22:44:00.052-05:002021-12-30T21:42:41.572-05:00Bicycle racing in the 1920s<p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>By Mike Eliasohn</i></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">An online friend, Jim Miller, who lives in Burbank, Calif., and usually sends me vintage auto racing photos emailed me the top three photos of the velodrome in Newark, N.J., apparently all from the 1920s.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3_xyWhEjiq0_WruG_M6KENja3X62vswtKS727fdRbcUz4Pj2kr0udUvgKALmvjt_W9fXTLTVw5dHixZuR82Kol26p6T5MSzqfnU96uSkH-F0W83entp7oiFoz1l2tfNOn40wgQt_VmzJHvTtsFr2q9MmBca0O00OjvxvUxXsJrxjA2kCzb2BPoiEYlw=s925" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="678" data-original-width="925" height="277" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh3_xyWhEjiq0_WruG_M6KENja3X62vswtKS727fdRbcUz4Pj2kr0udUvgKALmvjt_W9fXTLTVw5dHixZuR82Kol26p6T5MSzqfnU96uSkH-F0W83entp7oiFoz1l2tfNOn40wgQt_VmzJHvTtsFr2q9MmBca0O00OjvxvUxXsJrxjA2kCzb2BPoiEYlw=w378-h277" width="378" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;">The photographs came from one of his grandfather's photo albums, which Jim recently received. Photos in the albums range in vintage from 1914-38. The grandfather, Eddie Miller, apparently did not take the velodrome photos, though they may have been taken while he was living in Newark, where he met his wife.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtJMF4Qgy3urHnwztXS6NxlmQqBJlOK1Kl2UnOF6ftl_uhOZhNiyMMWauwnImOLy5XWD0p3vp0SxHnSS81lp0UM94VdPip7F81_UcWdHJf-F8BEyekyukvk95RgAuSQ8XOHMh65ok3YeJkzOFYJuCq-PSj8R97OrJ-wP7BJVYM7vBYCcCLUeHwMYBvVQ=s1000" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="579" data-original-width="1000" height="185" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjtJMF4Qgy3urHnwztXS6NxlmQqBJlOK1Kl2UnOF6ftl_uhOZhNiyMMWauwnImOLy5XWD0p3vp0SxHnSS81lp0UM94VdPip7F81_UcWdHJf-F8BEyekyukvk95RgAuSQ8XOHMh65ok3YeJkzOFYJuCq-PSj8R97OrJ-wP7BJVYM7vBYCcCLUeHwMYBvVQ=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I did some online searching and easily found the history of the Newark Velodrome on the website of Classic Cycle (classiccycleus.com) on Bainbridge Island, Washington. The website has a lot of interesting information on it, including views and descriptions of the many bikes in its museum, dating back to 1885 (but no recumbents).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The Newark board track, built in 1907, was 6 laps to the mile.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">It hosted world championships in 1912 and Australian Reggie McNamara set world records for distances from 1 to 25 miles on the track in 1915, '16 and '17.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Notice the crowds in the photos. Seating capacity was 12,500, but many races drew more than 20,000 spectators (meaning many were standing).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXpb8hwutn9MLVxIGpsyuXNjo1qynvOwk_ZmsTnm7Jb56wcIKrVB5dVBuJKXdXF7qEmfSZBcM7ITtHO0LdcljAkGWzk_U7u4I47Rgsgcm7jZcDRjbelEiXbwzQwqf7ThkGE2NVKUsNr0rG_DXqZofKQnvbVQ46Xqf9GEmzWcu9b9iY4U7xA_Ew5KNkhA=s1359" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1090" data-original-width="1359" height="259" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjXpb8hwutn9MLVxIGpsyuXNjo1qynvOwk_ZmsTnm7Jb56wcIKrVB5dVBuJKXdXF7qEmfSZBcM7ITtHO0LdcljAkGWzk_U7u4I47Rgsgcm7jZcDRjbelEiXbwzQwqf7ThkGE2NVKUsNr0rG_DXqZofKQnvbVQ46Xqf9GEmzWcu9b9iY4U7xA_Ew5KNkhA=w322-h259" width="322" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">But the land the track was siting on became too valuable to continue to use for bicycle racing, so in 1930, it was demolished, to be replaced by an apartment building.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">But there was still interest in bicycle racing, so about 10 mlles to the north, a wood velodrome was constructed in Nutley, N.J., which opened in 1933. The track was smaller than the one in Newark – 7 laps to the mile.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In its first season, it drew an average of almost 8,500 spectators to each of its 35 races.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">But interest in bicycle velodrome racing was declining and the track's last season for two-wheelers was in 1937.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Then in 1938 and 1939, the track was used for midget auto racing (small open wheel race cars). But in 60 races during those two years, three drivers were killed and controversy over the danger of racing cars on the tiny high-banked (45 degrees in the turns) track and the noise contributed to its closing.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Apparently in 1940, some final bicycle races were held. (Information is unclear whether races took place, or unsuccessful attempts were made to conduct races.) The track was torn down in early 1942.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-mE0U5tUocq2RpIdNX9wuf6VmTs1ciL5ANSHt88Mt3i5Jtu3iptB0MkUxFo8JYePQLMfLiaYVIewkXXpVo7uuXYuahXaj-QvYlvgRumjxmw9hFBZzUY0Q5Ch4oCr1dzYjadgfB9Ma72O5Rm0t9nXTCZL_IyVeE0QBN_WquTEsm-Lr-DBcdHGyRQ1c-w=s683" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="444" data-original-width="683" height="208" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-mE0U5tUocq2RpIdNX9wuf6VmTs1ciL5ANSHt88Mt3i5Jtu3iptB0MkUxFo8JYePQLMfLiaYVIewkXXpVo7uuXYuahXaj-QvYlvgRumjxmw9hFBZzUY0Q5Ch4oCr1dzYjadgfB9Ma72O5Rm0t9nXTCZL_IyVeE0QBN_WquTEsm-Lr-DBcdHGyRQ1c-w=s320" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>An internet search of "Newark velodrome historic photos" included two of the above photos that my friend had sent me that were in his grandfather's photo album and this one, too good to ignore. No helmets back in the "good old days," but notice the attire of rider of the pacing motorcycle, including a tie. No information or photo credit, but the sign at upper right does say "Newark," so it is the correct track. (The "Eddie Madden leading" photo is the one that wasn't among the historic photos posted on the internet.)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAHNEwzLrCBhvai-Chxw2O-lh5SCinKsDufXqXKr7I1FGQKVtGqcsj_OelSRcnb0nhA6c9dehGyZKWti_XqpnHUOgNX5WKoWd7WwLaMSQbRfkd8qBPUeIB5TA73hd9WBN-S8FZDt6YyHQgTIY27C4FGYxh6l9dtUYG_bGOu-dw7cmBjMRz-JgZcKQh9g=s474" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="142" data-original-width="474" height="96" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjAHNEwzLrCBhvai-Chxw2O-lh5SCinKsDufXqXKr7I1FGQKVtGqcsj_OelSRcnb0nhA6c9dehGyZKWti_XqpnHUOgNX5WKoWd7WwLaMSQbRfkd8qBPUeIB5TA73hd9WBN-S8FZDt6YyHQgTIY27C4FGYxh6l9dtUYG_bGOu-dw7cmBjMRz-JgZcKQh9g=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="text-align: left;">Here's a view of the entire velodrome. As it says in the caption, the venue also hosted boxing matches. (Photo from </span>old newark.com)</i></div></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Additional sources: </i> www.nutleyhistoricalsociety.org</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;">www.speedwayandroadracehistory.com</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>The History of America's Speedways, Past and Present,</i> by Allan E. Brown, published 1994.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;">old newark.com</span></div></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div></div>Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14555655123109522264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029111456498948871.post-72686617493092979712021-08-28T21:05:00.900-04:002021-09-02T12:20:00.072-04:0036th annual Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Rally<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: arial;">By Mike Eliasohn</i></div><span><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><i>Photos by Mike Eliasohn and Kevin Shaw</i></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk21K4t9LzJBGi1v8cKjIA9tFPVK-yJmQ_h1GIprdH1xCbDCfpBQDdxNoItTeBKnbSQ8GkheQd5y_HynKia_Dw0k6nP-rCrZz0fq9PcbSCbpLCaqv81WMsrcatDDqcJiZGcD5iFp34CvuF/s2719/DSC_9788.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1157" data-original-width="2719" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgk21K4t9LzJBGi1v8cKjIA9tFPVK-yJmQ_h1GIprdH1xCbDCfpBQDdxNoItTeBKnbSQ8GkheQd5y_HynKia_Dw0k6nP-rCrZz0fq9PcbSCbpLCaqv81WMsrcatDDqcJiZGcD5iFp34CvuF/w400-h170/DSC_9788.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Rick Toler of Dayton, Ohio, on his Hooker TT pursues (or drafts?) Ron Thompson of Bel Air, Md., on his innovative G4 front-wheel-drive bike. Not sure which race. (Kevin Shaw photo)</span></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; font-style: italic;"><b>Complete results are posted on recumbents.com, along with all of Kevin Shaw's photos. Go to "recumbent racing," then "HPRA racing results and pictures."</b></span></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">After a year of no events for human powered vehicle racers and enthusiasts, HPV racing resumed Aug. 21-22, 2021, with the Michigan HPV Rally at the Waterford Hills sports car racing track in Clarkston, the location since 1986. </div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"><p style="font-family: -webkit-standard;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The rally drew 20 competitors and 23 vehicles (Dennis Grelk and Daryl Hanger were the multi-vehicle competitors). Checking turnout since 2007 (from all the rallies reported on this blog), it was the lowest count since then; the next lowest was 24 in 2019.</span></p></div></div><div style="font-family: arial; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwzr01YY9jMrkWJ9TVejjOvtEOismLuQxFSRhqYHhKhNGr6ngeCkYXYnFQ3BF808nf9_K0p1UjpJgCxG07i6y08Hyh94pbGnvCcIf1HTTA758jKqi-teS64PUVMdZS42Qfx_lvLF9OPNGP/s2048/100_4416.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwzr01YY9jMrkWJ9TVejjOvtEOismLuQxFSRhqYHhKhNGr6ngeCkYXYnFQ3BF808nf9_K0p1UjpJgCxG07i6y08Hyh94pbGnvCcIf1HTTA758jKqi-teS64PUVMdZS42Qfx_lvLF9OPNGP/w400-h300/100_4416.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Jonathan Walters of Cincinnati on his Velokraft NoCom won the stock class. There were 13 competitors in the class. (Mike Eliasohn photo)</i></div></div></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Was the low count because of continuing concern over COVID, the hot and humid weather during the weekend, a weekend with too many people having conflicts and/or continuing declining interest in HPV racing?. We will have to wait until the 37th annual Michigan HPV Rally in 2022 to find out</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;">The announcement of the rally published on this blog in January said prize money would be awarded to the top finishers in each class. Unfortunately, because of the low turnout, there wasn't enough entry fee money collected to pay the track rental fee and for insurance and have money left over to pay prize money. That is, we lost money on renting the track and paying the insurance, so the organizers paid the difference.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTy9XH9Q4JFJEgae_2elzBTOKaeh2Wlqx6d0pTj3IC2kkD6pvotCzmbQ30S0rJRjBNQPM0apMbE-at1TPM7e86Eg7Z5LHpr21NZkCDfeM383Nnwh1vBSqXbspEMWCWuuSbnYrSVADpjHsR/s2048/100_4398.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTy9XH9Q4JFJEgae_2elzBTOKaeh2Wlqx6d0pTj3IC2kkD6pvotCzmbQ30S0rJRjBNQPM0apMbE-at1TPM7e86Eg7Z5LHpr21NZkCDfeM383Nnwh1vBSqXbspEMWCWuuSbnYrSVADpjHsR/w400-h300/100_4398.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><span>After a year of no HPV events, racing resumed with the start of the one-hour time trial on Saturday morning, Two one-hour time trials were scheduled, with </span><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); color: #333333;">streamliners, streetliners and tricycles scheduled in the first one and </span><span face="Trebuchet MS, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">stock, junior, women and tandem classes scheduled in there other. But </span></span><span>due to the low turnout, only one time trial was held for all classes. (ME photo)</span></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Special mention needs to be made of the Grove City College HPV team, which came from Grove City, Pa., with five students (four of whom raced) and faculty adviser Kevin Shaw. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs8eAqaewgNNg8uyzc0t9m4PRsqamnB_7fTzaK448mI6G19i22zWfroprbn90SUcX5KXcNvJpegLVJJEEHsNvYSSBmvDGrHS7I1SzIjij1w7nO0y03YoZSZFANUXWsoULIEx5pgdtbHEv9/s2048/100_4409.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs8eAqaewgNNg8uyzc0t9m4PRsqamnB_7fTzaK448mI6G19i22zWfroprbn90SUcX5KXcNvJpegLVJJEEHsNvYSSBmvDGrHS7I1SzIjij1w7nO0y03YoZSZFANUXWsoULIEx5pgdtbHEv9/w400-h300/100_4409.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>The Grove City College HPV team, standing with their only vehicle built by current students, were, from left, Shawn Cook, Gina Kim, Alex Heisey, Connor Sees and Nathaniel Stuyck, plus faculty adviser Kevin Shaw (chemistry professor and former BMX racer). Four are mechanical engineering students; the fifth started in m.e., but is now majoring in management. (ME photo)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga-hKQVdschp-VDfkY2uT0TRbVXXwBaObFGd2Y1ZF482Ptke3oQwQBOjSgcL_I-m6WVzR1KWUt3tyIEEehISKc5sCcXUJhLm8PVQTxSUdmUkaY2kyl4qnLBS6hQDWpaZd7i0-Wetjv87qI/s2048/100_4411.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga-hKQVdschp-VDfkY2uT0TRbVXXwBaObFGd2Y1ZF482Ptke3oQwQBOjSgcL_I-m6WVzR1KWUt3tyIEEehISKc5sCcXUJhLm8PVQTxSUdmUkaY2kyl4qnLBS6hQDWpaZd7i0-Wetjv87qI/w400-h300/100_4411.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Due to a mechanical problem, the bicycle built by current Grove City College students was only used in the urban transportation contest, ridden by Alex Heisey. Gina Kim welded the frame. It used a Rohloff 14-speed hub, previously used on another vehicle. The GCC team also raced a recumbent tricycle built by prior students, a Tour Easy recumbent and two manufactured upright bikes. (ME photo)</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The reduced turnout also resulted in cancellation of the noontime hot laps and tricycle race on Saturday (it was hot enough without doing any "hot" laps) and the two no-hill road races scheduled Sunday morning (faired classes in one and unpaired in the other) were condensed into one race.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Special thanks to Mike Mowett and Dennis Grelk, who in addition to competing, handled most of the the scoring, timing and results.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here's a note from Mike M., co-organizer of the rally along with Mike Eliasohn:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Thank you all for coming to this event, which we believe is the longest running human powered vehicle event in the world.</i></div><div data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></div><div data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Special thanks to all who volunteered their time to help during the event, whether it was setting up something, taping something down, running the stopwatch, calling out stuff over the radio, flipping lap counter cards, waving a flag, or moving a table and chairs.. It takes a village. </i></div><div data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Thank you for your patience as we worked through some glitches with our timing system for the Saturday morning one-hour. Special thanks to Dennis Grelk for getting it running with a little bit of phone help from Warren Beauchamp, our long-time recumbents webmaster. We didn't have the usual suspects there to run it. </i></div><div data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>All told, the one-hour will never be fully accurate. I did the best we could given our recollections, speedo distances, Strava GPS speeds, and "who was in front of whom" statements, etc.</i></div><div data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzk93_NqparnhlFLcyk-KuHeGl5TeLJdl4HCafumwsJSapp0FwxhbKmeJDPGexOt_vPRlVhzBNiwr8IwFdIF7iFxwXs0cCOUe5YGMta-jph7xa4E2N67f7X3RXiGXEUTy3WrY11TXMwAmv/s2048/100_4414.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzk93_NqparnhlFLcyk-KuHeGl5TeLJdl4HCafumwsJSapp0FwxhbKmeJDPGexOt_vPRlVhzBNiwr8IwFdIF7iFxwXs0cCOUe5YGMta-jph7xa4E2N67f7X3RXiGXEUTy3WrY11TXMwAmv/w400-h300/100_4414.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;" style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><i>Charles Brown of Southfield completed his latest creation shortly before the rally. In contrast to his previous wood frame bike, this one, made from steel tubing, had a higher bottom bracket and more laid-back seat for better aerodynamics. (ME photo)</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;">Top finishers in each class were:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><b>Streamliner </b>(3 entries) – 1) Tony Levand, Lemond, Ill., homebuilt streamliner, 335 points, 2) Dan Glatch, Waterford, Wis., Milwaukee Flyer, 315, 3) Dennis Grelk, Donnellson, Iowa, Barracuda. 240. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDewEEkd0lmGA6l6vANhXQ1QVm-FbiiFdw3YUNoGgJKrEt52X7QmmaR4VIJGCxxgtg-z4KnXZAYyBo6EXSMX1-Fst2RwOwQpFWcyownhbKXo0874_QAmsMGrX6nSm03ehyXxi8aoYbJK4Z/s2048/100_4420.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDewEEkd0lmGA6l6vANhXQ1QVm-FbiiFdw3YUNoGgJKrEt52X7QmmaR4VIJGCxxgtg-z4KnXZAYyBo6EXSMX1-Fst2RwOwQpFWcyownhbKXo0874_QAmsMGrX6nSm03ehyXxi8aoYbJK4Z/w400-h300/100_4420.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Jeff Hunn of North Manchester, Ind., in a Quest velomobile, waits to start the hillclimb. Jeff was the lone competitor in the streetliner class, which requires riders to be able to start and stop without assistance. (ME photo)</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><b>Superstreet </b>(only entry) – Jeff Hunn, North Manchester, Ind., Quest velomobile, 360.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Stock </b>(13 entries) – 1) Jonathan Walters, </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Cincinnati, Ohio, Velokraft NoCom, 345, 2) Dennis Grelk, Donnellson, Iowa, homebuilt mid racer, 317, 3) Rob Lloyd, Whitmore Lake, </span>homebuilt low racer, 282.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Junior </b>(only entry) – Cameron Lloyd, age 14, Whitmore Lake, homebuilt by his father, 240.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS1oLU8xWFJpy47ePyPI6eCZMLv4KZQC8WqwRJ7PELG2_g58o-Ulb-Dnye4fDpNRkGJj_LPZwuWHZpWI66hS3cNEnE5u_HczHzimfOGz8qyryonWcvL4ObWHF0nS7_xbAm6YFN5-iPzSWI/s300/t-DSC_9818.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="300" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS1oLU8xWFJpy47ePyPI6eCZMLv4KZQC8WqwRJ7PELG2_g58o-Ulb-Dnye4fDpNRkGJj_LPZwuWHZpWI66hS3cNEnE5u_HczHzimfOGz8qyryonWcvL4ObWHF0nS7_xbAm6YFN5-iPzSWI/w400-h267/t-DSC_9818.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div data-mce-style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; color: black;" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i>Gina Kim competed on this Huffy mountain bike – with steel wheels and crank and off-road tires – because it was the only bike in the Grove City College stable small enough to fit her. Definitely not a bike made for racing, but she averaged 15.4 mph in the one-hour time trial (faster than two of her GCC classmates), reached 23.62 mph in the 200-foot sprint, averaged 15.5 mph in the 25-lap road race and won the women's class. (KS photo)</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Women</b> (2 entries) – 1) Gina Kim, Grove City College, Huffy mountain bike, 335, 2) Peggy Thompson, Bel Air, Md., G4 front-wheel-drive recumbent, 300.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Tricycles</b> (2 entries) – 1) Daryl Hanger, Greenwood, Ind., Catrike 700, 240, 2) Connor Seese, Grove City College, student-built tricycle, 60.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRwN2OVv4mg10-4_y6AndcIbhUTCfT9sAPB1cWNx51QDAemz6xV8er-9NmV8_5Uk5i-HnyEWZUbrikfVnAjtn_9jnUp_HqIsGjzIWe2o20QwfyR0Hdbj9eyXJbn6gHyDiNHDW2K9zmtNZG/s300/t-DSC_9809.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="300" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRwN2OVv4mg10-4_y6AndcIbhUTCfT9sAPB1cWNx51QDAemz6xV8er-9NmV8_5Uk5i-HnyEWZUbrikfVnAjtn_9jnUp_HqIsGjzIWe2o20QwfyR0Hdbj9eyXJbn6gHyDiNHDW2K9zmtNZG/w400-h267/t-DSC_9809.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Despite the heat and humidity, Tony Levand of Lemont, Ill., kept the top on his homebuilt streamliner in all events. He won the streamliner class. (KS photo)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Following are the class winners in each event:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>SATURDAY</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: arial;">One-hour time trial: </b><span style="font-family: arial;">Stock – 1) Jonathan Walters, average 26.9 mph, 2) Dennis Grelk, 26.1 mph. Streamliner – 1) Tony Levand, 24.0 mph, 2) Dan Glatch, 22.4 mph. Superstreet – 1) Jeff Hunn, 23.3 mph. Women – 1) Peggy Thompson, 20.1 mph, 2) Gina Kim, 15.4 mph. Tricycle – 1) Connor Seese, 11.2 mph.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Hill climb: </b>Stock – 1) Rick Toler, 18.861 sec., 2) Daryl Hanger, Velokraft NoCom, 20.381. Tricycles – 1) Daryl Hanger, 22.940. Streamliner – 1) Dennis Grelk, 27.795, </span><span style="font-family: arial;">2) Dan Glatch, 32.301</span><span style="font-family: arial;">. Superstreet – 1) Jeff Hunn, 30.252. Women – 1) Peggy Thompson, 34.793. Junior – 1) Cameron Lloyd, 37.201.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Competitors pedal to the top of the hill (that's the hill climb time), then stop pedaling and coast as far as they can go. For instance, Rick Toler was fastest overall in the hill climb, then in the coast-down was 11th overall and 7th in the stock class.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvIKTOWlNTCIH8Z3EN0FVBcBwfp_HD_6AHoHDjRom2rkmBvnzrRejgyw36x152DmjroP4gKwHUPvo8Ykof-C0-CoQOB2w2mRL5MiNSy2rlIf71eV98gfRFP3eSPa09YX-QtNCvP1j8cw4T/s300/t-DSC_9794.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="300" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvIKTOWlNTCIH8Z3EN0FVBcBwfp_HD_6AHoHDjRom2rkmBvnzrRejgyw36x152DmjroP4gKwHUPvo8Ykof-C0-CoQOB2w2mRL5MiNSy2rlIf71eV98gfRFP3eSPa09YX-QtNCvP1j8cw4T/w400-h267/t-DSC_9794.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Dennis Grelk on this homebuilt bike finished second overall in the stock class. He also raced a streamliner and his homebuilt off-road recumbent. (KS photo)</i></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Coast-down:</b> Streamliner – 1) Dennis Grelk, 2) Tony Levand. Stock – 1) Dennis Grelk, 2) Jonathan Walters. Superstreet – 1) Jeff Hunn. Tricycle – 1) Daryl Hanger. Women – 1) Peggy Thompson. Junior – 1) Cameron Lloyd.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Standing start kilometer: </b>Stock – 1) Jonathan Walters, 77.061 sec., 2) Dennis Grelk, 79.416 sec. Streamliner – 1) Dennis Grelk, 80.063 sec., 2) Tony Levand,, 85.973 sec. Superstreet – 1) Jeff Hunn, 93.623 sec. Tricycle – 1) Daryl Hanger, 104.746 sec. Junior – 1) Cameron Lloyd, 107.786 sec. Women – 1) Gina Kim, 136.719 sec.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwqwDkvQLPK9b6Ic-7HJTyzc81oDArLQwVo0YK9vz-7FXY3nkmXKFLtKBLUZkE2E-qr4u_I_1qbUX8ERidmS2pgYhaf2ZkfyQhMLEG8F0c2SqM26NcM0GonlkJodzrkkmmaITX5n-Q9OyF/s2048/100_4424.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwqwDkvQLPK9b6Ic-7HJTyzc81oDArLQwVo0YK9vz-7FXY3nkmXKFLtKBLUZkE2E-qr4u_I_1qbUX8ERidmS2pgYhaf2ZkfyQhMLEG8F0c2SqM26NcM0GonlkJodzrkkmmaITX5n-Q9OyF/w400-h300/100_4424.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Dennis Grelk made hill climb runs in/on his streamliner, stock class bike and this off-roader/gravel bike he built. He only made one run on this bike to get a required time for the urban transportation contest. It has a lot of adjustability (for instance, front fork angle), which adds weight, so his goal for the next gravel bike he builds is to make it lighter. (ME photo)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2IpCPi5U6tjmhBsFvBs6EZ-I9woq9MkqsNSNXPkYDPvjqtGIc38bPHjpiKZHPKT8E4rfTUREcDRHkmm8aQdaBXXAqfZoUxksJxky6_0NdA7dSuGpSSyQmuM9zh7ajMpHAazA2h7HnkOEf/s300/t-DSC_9820.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="300" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2IpCPi5U6tjmhBsFvBs6EZ-I9woq9MkqsNSNXPkYDPvjqtGIc38bPHjpiKZHPKT8E4rfTUREcDRHkmm8aQdaBXXAqfZoUxksJxky6_0NdA7dSuGpSSyQmuM9zh7ajMpHAazA2h7HnkOEf/w400-h267/t-DSC_9820.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><i>"How much groceries can you carry in that backpack?" Mike Eliasohn, judge and jury of the urban transportation contest, evaluates the practicality of the bicycle ridden by Alex Heisey and built by Grove City College students. (KS photo)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b style="font-family: arial; font-style: italic;">Urban transportation contest</b><i style="font-family: arial;"> – The five competitors were scored on their time and ranking in the hill climb, ranking in the coast down, obstacle course time (a simple test of acceleration, maneuverability and braking) and points and ranking in the evaluation of the practicality of their vehicle. Points were awarded for lights (front and rear), fenders (front and rear), reflectors, daytime visibility, cargo carrying (minimal, one grocery bag or two), horn or bell, brakes, rearview mirrors, security against theft, convenience (getting on or in and off or out), weather protection, and carrying tools and tire pump or inflator and spare inner tube or tube repair kit.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i style="font-family: arial;">For instance, the fastest of the five on the hill climb received 1 point; next, 2 points, etc. The rider scoring the most "practicality points" for lights, cargo carrying, etc., received 1 point; second most practicality points, 2; etc.</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>When the points for hill climb, coast down, obstacles course and practicality evaluation were added up, low score won. The result was a tie between Rick Toler on his upright bikes and Ron Thompson on his G4 front-wheel-drive recumbent, each with 9 points. Rick's bike had fewer practical features, but he did better in the performance categories; with Ron, it was the opposite. Third was Daryl Hanger, 10 points, on his Catrike 700; fourth was Denis Grelk, 14 points, on his homemade recumbent gravel bike, and fifth was Alex Heisey, 18 points, on the Grove City College student built bike.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqNYss2Q4SUuQJuvwM5Gzx9Ch5HkOj5PMw9FYjedl0QV_OqxYQVn9R210H9ojsQT1RevCWPYpwUR-81_d5ph1KlyYUPJVcCkNuOKEiyAeAqNrXlOO48_GgBGECo6087FgMyEBUSfFTiuD-/s2048/100_4417.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqNYss2Q4SUuQJuvwM5Gzx9Ch5HkOj5PMw9FYjedl0QV_OqxYQVn9R210H9ojsQT1RevCWPYpwUR-81_d5ph1KlyYUPJVcCkNuOKEiyAeAqNrXlOO48_GgBGECo6087FgMyEBUSfFTiuD-/w400-h300/100_4417.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i>Ron Thompson and his wife, Peggy, drove more than 500 miles from Bel Air, Maryland, to show and race the innovative G4 bikes Ron designed and built. Others tried and complimented the bikes. Ron said his hope is to eventually find a manufacturer who will put his design into production. For more information, see article below and go to g4bikes.com. (ME photo)</i></div></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>SUNDAY </b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b style="font-style: italic;">200-foot sprints</b><i> (top speed event): Streamliners – 1) Dennis Grelk, 42.04 mph, 2) Tony Levand, 38.56 mph. Stock – 1) Jonathon Walters, 41.20 mph, 2) Mike Mowett, Morciglio M1 low racer, 40.45 mph. Superstreet – 1) Jeff Hunn, 36.71 mph. Tricycle – 1) Daryl Hanger, 30.87 mph. Junior – 1) Cameron Lloyd, 29.16 mph. Women – 1) Peggy Thompson, 29.05 mph, 2) Gina Kim, 23.62 mph.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><b>25-lap road race</b> (approximately 15 miles, no hill, race ends when first competitors complete 25 laps): Stock – 1) Jonathan Walters, 25 laps, 27.14 mph, 2) Dennis Grelk, 24 laps, 25.57 mph. Streamliner – 1) Tony Levand, 25 laps, 26.70 mph, 2) Dan Glatch, 19 laps, 20.05 mph. Superstreet – 1) Jeff Hunn, 21 laps, 22,79 mph. Women – 1) Peggy Thompson, 19 laps, 20.43 mph, 2) Gina Kim, 15 laps, 15.50 mph.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">If you see any errors in this report, or anything else that needs clarification or changing, please email Mike Eliasohn at mikethebike2325@comcast.net</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE6gAJwwIBWrH0diFhwQXz2X34c-3zl6r2-U2t5fX63kCbYeyWK1h1zHN_WIzTkOTJxxyoRcF-YPAXeh61x-jCzL9nsRif8CNui-YapGxvRUb7ymTK1r85VezcEzezA6ReOjrpf4LCPzde/s2048/100_4442.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE6gAJwwIBWrH0diFhwQXz2X34c-3zl6r2-U2t5fX63kCbYeyWK1h1zHN_WIzTkOTJxxyoRcF-YPAXeh61x-jCzL9nsRif8CNui-YapGxvRUb7ymTK1r85VezcEzezA6ReOjrpf4LCPzde/w400-h300/100_4442.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><i>Mike Mowett of Detroit on his Morgiglio M1 finished 6th in the stock class, but he also was very busy organizing and running the rally, including compiling the results. In the 200-foot sprint, he pedaled 40.45 mph, good for third place in the stock class. (ME photo)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14555655123109522264noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029111456498948871.post-79593650403923204552021-08-16T20:55:00.023-04:002021-08-17T21:54:27.256-04:00Owosso Bike Fest – Aug. 7, 2021<p><span style="font-family: arial;">SCROLL DOWN FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE MICHIGAN HPV RALLY AUG. 21-22. IT'S STILL HAPPENING.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">By Mike Eliasohn </span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Photos by Mike Eliasohn and Julie Turner</i></span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Having missed the first 15 Owosso Bike Fests, I wasn't about to miss the 16th, so on Sunday, Aug. 7, I was in downtown Owosso.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Actually, Bike Fest starts the day before, with a late afternoon/evening via the rail trail to nearby Ovid and return. Then from 9 to 3 on Sunday is the show and "swap meet," that is, people selling bikes and parts, which takes place in the block-long alley and parking area behind the sponsoring House of Wheels bicycle shop.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The event is, of course, a great opportunity for cycle nuts, as opposed to cycling nuts, to sit or stand around and talk about bikes.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKNdEgkkF-vyeoHdI01Zv7nSB6CFi9gvoJqyn-9Mh36KUbr19ahhzNXpf_Nr9q25bDPWCQapmoOEF5INtoS0zSR1M_S-B_u9X91wYMwDhJBlZO72MWmpEATFs5141UU5V84KG4LO5ZxmgU/s2000/20210808_093758_resized_3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKNdEgkkF-vyeoHdI01Zv7nSB6CFi9gvoJqyn-9Mh36KUbr19ahhzNXpf_Nr9q25bDPWCQapmoOEF5INtoS0zSR1M_S-B_u9X91wYMwDhJBlZO72MWmpEATFs5141UU5V84KG4LO5ZxmgU/w400-h300/20210808_093758_resized_3.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">I couldn't go to Owosso Bike Fest without a bike, so I created/assembled this rat rod Roadmaster. It and parts were scrounged from Cycle-Re-Cycle, the community bicycle shop in Benton Harbor, where I volunteer. The frame, fork, chainring, chain and front wheel are from the 1970s? Roadmaster, but there's parts from at least nine other bikes. Here I'm attaching the information sign/price tag, for $25. I received some compliments, but no buyer. </span><i style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">(JT photo)</i></div><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><i></i></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2eIDto7K9TwrPhX5fLpcouvKIxyzTA8UDXFujaUBDTVxSP81hTfbZfAf_MMiDYF6_5mMpa0AYrsb4NpzvQfTHgA1sW8nYmjInpXkmflqsm_ITRcowe_mdxgF6myVw_xI_0pp5UoZRsvLj/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1999" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2eIDto7K9TwrPhX5fLpcouvKIxyzTA8UDXFujaUBDTVxSP81hTfbZfAf_MMiDYF6_5mMpa0AYrsb4NpzvQfTHgA1sW8nYmjInpXkmflqsm_ITRcowe_mdxgF6myVw_xI_0pp5UoZRsvLj/w400-h256/20210808_100523_resized.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A view of the alley/parking area behind the House of Wheels, where Owosso Bike Fest takes place. Bikes and parts for sale are intermixed with bikes entered in the people's choice judging.<i> (JT photo)</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiapcTEIzPIOQkqPm9IA_RRZchmM6ibpoKIXWOmVCAWPiVRtIloMwjCcOLAUD0_ExAKMR5sUbnslIekMyHTXHttegSibGn7pnNjvlNhT2J1Z19CPm-EQ9zibpa9kKXhRQpg5E9pJucGXYPZ/s2048/100_4381.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiapcTEIzPIOQkqPm9IA_RRZchmM6ibpoKIXWOmVCAWPiVRtIloMwjCcOLAUD0_ExAKMR5sUbnslIekMyHTXHttegSibGn7pnNjvlNhT2J1Z19CPm-EQ9zibpa9kKXhRQpg5E9pJucGXYPZ/w400-h300/100_4381.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My personal favorite, created by Randy Cates of nearby Chesaning. His son, Rod (if my notes are correct), seated in rear, said the frame, built by someone else, was found in Tawas Bay! and given to Randy, who turned it into the Rat Bastard. Stand on your head and you can see that part of the frame consists of an upside-down diamond frame. But that puts what was originally the head tube <i>very close</i> to the ground, making it a bike for very smooth pavement only.<i> (ME photo)</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUa7CHLIIOFjfAmKstV-Q01a8pgYBC56155q-LfTtQR58120bjxjTj38oDB1es6L66mIi774h39CNvL8XUHmnNQVH3I3T1icperQCSrG1kbypIQZSFrlIhm1dQzzDbss1lJziIWL-klJjI/s2000/20210808_112929_resized.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUa7CHLIIOFjfAmKstV-Q01a8pgYBC56155q-LfTtQR58120bjxjTj38oDB1es6L66mIi774h39CNvL8XUHmnNQVH3I3T1icperQCSrG1kbypIQZSFrlIhm1dQzzDbss1lJziIWL-klJjI/w400-h300/20210808_112929_resized.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another homebuilt stretch cruiser, with a western theme. <i>Ride 'em cowboy! (JT photo)</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-n8U-bHKBe-V_POD90K0engp9LuIyDPPQGYyguM425ggi0Jo-50A8oBQC6gW__CiY44F8Ukc5M4CYFYlrUEFnUAe6kpHd9iGsRC72HqK9rL2srCY3rbTP_3fn418gfVaB0OgFdeb0WOhC/s2048/100_4379.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-n8U-bHKBe-V_POD90K0engp9LuIyDPPQGYyguM425ggi0Jo-50A8oBQC6gW__CiY44F8Ukc5M4CYFYlrUEFnUAe6kpHd9iGsRC72HqK9rL2srCY3rbTP_3fn418gfVaB0OgFdeb0WOhC/w400-h300/100_4379.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Terry Gerweck of Monroe on his 1959 Cushman scooter, which is in the process of restoration, though it obviously runs. "I had one when I was a kid," said Terry, which was his obvious rationale for buying this one. It will be a resto-mod restoration, not intended to look like it was new from the factory. He also has bicycles at Bike Fest for sale. <i>(ME photo)</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik1ilHeTPJRSdel25IUvvUwl-6cOCsUoe0tpJKDqeTnja7VJrlVPqmQ4rsT8y1vP3zhKoSJP4upsNJRWUKNRxX8weT4S_5gmmZpx9rJv53nnH47ZHSUu29TxS6o8oAhl4uWbP5aliuY8qN/s2000/20210808_094641_resized.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik1ilHeTPJRSdel25IUvvUwl-6cOCsUoe0tpJKDqeTnja7VJrlVPqmQ4rsT8y1vP3zhKoSJP4upsNJRWUKNRxX8weT4S_5gmmZpx9rJv53nnH47ZHSUu29TxS6o8oAhl4uWbP5aliuY8qN/w400-h300/20210808_094641_resized.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A close-up view of Terry's 1959 Cushman. Behind it is one of the bicycles he brought to sell. <i>(JT photo)</i></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj684OsabRLJkV6-A0zIVbzKskxaNOrlJ5w6Ef64trzVo5gOk8-KFw48wnAkbcdqhvMlvjaK59MfDNGE964M9-T2XuEE0CcqjDP3AQdhcm_P2ic2GWL1x4r0ASdodcyK-HEJz0tMevWx7yG/s2048/100_4376.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj684OsabRLJkV6-A0zIVbzKskxaNOrlJ5w6Ef64trzVo5gOk8-KFw48wnAkbcdqhvMlvjaK59MfDNGE964M9-T2XuEE0CcqjDP3AQdhcm_P2ic2GWL1x4r0ASdodcyK-HEJz0tMevWx7yG/w400-h300/100_4376.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Bikes with green tags, like this one at left, were entered in the judging. <i>(ME photo)</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEuKgvht-1VpGuMzfxdOsZSlVWxeBGwm66z6G9ciU29OStpIPNsI_5-TazjFSBhlt5CEylliTTTkP7u9m1xsIBwkoEzzyMTVyDB0ADQHDG5UP9zQMK8sNWZ4ySGD-aP1EV5LsH9WxPSynA/s2000/20210808_095359_resized.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEuKgvht-1VpGuMzfxdOsZSlVWxeBGwm66z6G9ciU29OStpIPNsI_5-TazjFSBhlt5CEylliTTTkP7u9m1xsIBwkoEzzyMTVyDB0ADQHDG5UP9zQMK8sNWZ4ySGD-aP1EV5LsH9WxPSynA/w400-h300/20210808_095359_resized.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">Next to this delivery bike (notice the <i>size</i> of the basket!) was a Good Humor tricycle. On what turned out to be a hot, humid day, ice cream would have been perfect, but I never saw any being sold, so presumably the tricycle was there for show. </span><i style="text-align: left;">(JT photo)</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkVG3H2kSTu699dih5m9Np-tdyAJmjRN3SrCqbAOcpBBBvzAHZ7Pha2P9Ri537gCLygqK-FC4746Yxoy3rlk0AAAqlauqnUGhcDesMi8cMu8tyy68glnRL7v9hjNgpCzUMHycEzt3d3AZJ/s2000/20210808_095557_resized.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1383" data-original-width="2000" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkVG3H2kSTu699dih5m9Np-tdyAJmjRN3SrCqbAOcpBBBvzAHZ7Pha2P9Ri537gCLygqK-FC4746Yxoy3rlk0AAAqlauqnUGhcDesMi8cMu8tyy68glnRL7v9hjNgpCzUMHycEzt3d3AZJ/w400-h276/20210808_095557_resized.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>This bike would be perfect for Friday night football games where the host team name is the "Tigers" (for instance, Benton Harbor High School). If my memory is correct, the tiger was created on flexible foam, so it doesn't interfere (too much) with the steering.<i> (JT photo)</i><br /><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzbmRjFwVxtXqGU6xImBSRJTPUAYt1J1qjahxMQ1O4VzGVUjJr76G4DCyS0TprHiqidtpU_y4RLVFlG2IyqZq2ilNU8vGJfNxIVWDLLmSWMVErMWCaHu58hYEPxNisr35MQHG2zNz6WZB7/s1899/20210808_094703_resized.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1444" data-original-width="1899" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzbmRjFwVxtXqGU6xImBSRJTPUAYt1J1qjahxMQ1O4VzGVUjJr76G4DCyS0TprHiqidtpU_y4RLVFlG2IyqZq2ilNU8vGJfNxIVWDLLmSWMVErMWCaHu58hYEPxNisr35MQHG2zNz6WZB7/w400-h304/20210808_094703_resized.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Another view, with a nice manufactured stretch cruiser behind the tricycle.<i> (JT photo)</i></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCotaex-vp9KmJhEbtrfoweknYLKafO42HX44nQ1iEe9DH6TRZVm3Ao2OySAKUpSaMSB2Vz4MAuG16-CF2HHtmsKfufvfM3UZBcboQ9OdBy7SKw_3KtXVBy4iKou84k3fqKkXXZQWvcl6M/s2000/20210808_094909_resized.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1388" data-original-width="2000" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCotaex-vp9KmJhEbtrfoweknYLKafO42HX44nQ1iEe9DH6TRZVm3Ao2OySAKUpSaMSB2Vz4MAuG16-CF2HHtmsKfufvfM3UZBcboQ9OdBy7SKw_3KtXVBy4iKou84k3fqKkXXZQWvcl6M/w400-h278/20210808_094909_resized.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />The 1960s Raleigh RSW 16 on the right was an interesting bike. The seller was willing to negotiate, but the starting price was $400. The RSW 16 had 16-inch wheels and a Sturmey-Archer 3-speed hub. A folding version came later. <i>(JT photo)</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgljBgWHa0dYvIxXn7AZpTJx_dI3g6C9-_x9XZFEY8CVdBhxqppin4Dbp1R9L3u7SwumuCXiRC3CNbn5xrsv6U7NqGsMLYp2h-ytlab1clUiLdLaOStnhNO3WY6Ae9IsRA_WG_ebblRx4qA/s2000/20210808_095136_resized.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgljBgWHa0dYvIxXn7AZpTJx_dI3g6C9-_x9XZFEY8CVdBhxqppin4Dbp1R9L3u7SwumuCXiRC3CNbn5xrsv6U7NqGsMLYp2h-ytlab1clUiLdLaOStnhNO3WY6Ae9IsRA_WG_ebblRx4qA/w400-h300/20210808_095136_resized.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />A better view of the RSW 16, next to this Schwinn Racer.<i> (JT photo)</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_bcbuElR_71dDLqX_Bvtz8oRZIIFOYxNKDtckeukkEJ7M_2MiTFl0lYFM9pFjao9JiWDOkZ00qvGOBG80MK9pCU3_Kccokj3q1ogQQ1hPU48XAqJ8G7BONAnAh237qT4mDkotkWLHWgzB/s1220/20210808_101802_resized.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1220" data-original-width="778" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_bcbuElR_71dDLqX_Bvtz8oRZIIFOYxNKDtckeukkEJ7M_2MiTFl0lYFM9pFjao9JiWDOkZ00qvGOBG80MK9pCU3_Kccokj3q1ogQQ1hPU48XAqJ8G7BONAnAh237qT4mDkotkWLHWgzB/w255-h400/20210808_101802_resized.jpg" width="255" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Your blog editor examines the head tube badge of this made-in-Pakistan 3-speed. <i>(JT photo)</i></div><br /><i><br /></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /></i></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><i><br /><br /></i></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14555655123109522264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029111456498948871.post-59706785666010365802021-01-18T22:11:00.074-05:002021-08-16T23:54:42.001-04:00Michigan HPV Rally Aug. 21-22, 2021<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZQMutVxMogI0b9VXiRTc6EMzASEwsDbpWhEX229c4T50HIvUH1hy8LKePKiB9VB5D2a9BUT6WEAVZKxgcRKN0DavIe5c6CGqhi6nDlgkajoHyrCRtoBywPVklkxEyUTnytJfnQJ7Hw10x/s2048/20.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZQMutVxMogI0b9VXiRTc6EMzASEwsDbpWhEX229c4T50HIvUH1hy8LKePKiB9VB5D2a9BUT6WEAVZKxgcRKN0DavIe5c6CGqhi6nDlgkajoHyrCRtoBywPVklkxEyUTnytJfnQJ7Hw10x/s320/20.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<i>Rick Gritters of Pella, Iowa, in his homebuilt streamliner at a previous Michigan HPV Rally. The 36th annual rally was to have been in May 2020, but was cancelled for obvious reasons.</i> <div><br /></div><div> The 36th annual Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Rally will be Aug. 21-22,
2021, at the Waterford Hills sports car racing track in Clarkston, the location since 1986. </div><div> The oldest such event in North America is open to riders of all human
powered vehicles – recumbents, streamliners, regular bicycles, tandems
and handcycles.
There are classes for streamlined, unstreamlined cycles, tandems, women,
youth and tricycles. </div><div> The rally is conducted using Human Powered Race America rules (go to www.recumbents.com, then under “recumbent racing,”
click on “Human Powered Race America,” then on “racing rules.” Note:
HPRA rules require all vehicles to have a mirroror mirrors enabling rear
vision to both sides. </div><div> The track, on the grounds of the Oakland County Sportsmen’s Club, is
1.4 miles around, with nine turns and one hill. Sunday races use a shorter
course without the hill.</div><div><br /></div><div> <b>Entry fees:</b> $20 for one day, $35 for two days. College and high school teams registering in advance, $35 for first vehicle and rider; $10 for each additional
vehicle or rider competing; maximum $100. Spectators free.
Prize money will be awarded to top finishers in each class.
Free camping available at track Friday and Saturday nights, with indoor
showers.</div><div> Registration (that is, filling out entry forms) and payment of entry fees will take place when racers arrive. </div><div><br /></div><div> <i>Even if you don’t want to compete, come and see some unusual
and very fast cycles.</i></div><div><b><br /></b></div><div>
<b>Tentative schedule:</b></div><div>
<b>SATURDAY, Aug. 21</b></div><div>
8 a.m. – Registration and technical inspection starts.</div><div>9:30 – One-hour time trial (streamliner, streetliner, tricycle classes). </div><div>11 – One-hour time trial (stock, junior, women, tandem classes). </div><div>Noon – Concession stand open for lunch. </div><div>12:15 p.m. – Hot laps on short loop, all classes, ride as many laps as
you want; your fastest lap counts, electronic timing.</div><div>1:30-2:30 – Hill climb/coast down. Race up the hill from a standing start,
then when you get to the top, start coasting. Coast as far as you can go,
then mark your stopping point with chalk (provided). Separate scores/points
for time up the hill and distance coasted. </div><div>After 2:30 – Tricycle race (no hill) and urban transportation contest. </div><div>6 p.m. (approximate) – Trackside barbecue: <span style="font-family: times;">B<span style="font-size: 14px;">urgers, hot dogs and pasta salad, soft drinks, with paper plates and plastic utensils, $10.</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><b>SUNDAY</b></div><div>
8:30-9:30 a.m. – Flying start 200-foot sprints (all classes). </div><div>10 – Short course (no hill) road race (faired classes), about 12 miles.</div><div>11 – Short course (no hill) road race (unfaired classes), about 9 miles. </div><div>Awards ceremony after last race, expected by 12:30 p.m. Concession stand open for lunch.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Questions:</b> Contact Mike Eliasohn (mikethebike2325@comcast.net,
269-281-0797) or Mike Mowett (mowett@aol.com, 586-863-3902) </div><div><br /></div><div><b>TO GET TO THE RALLY: </b> From I-75, get off at exit 91. Take M-15 south to Dixie Hwy. (US-24). Turn left, continuing south about 1 mile and turn
left onto Waterford Road, then proceed to track.</div><div> If coming from the west,
take U.S. 23 north (or south) to M-59 (Highland Road). Go east on M-59
to Airport Road, then left (north) to US-24. Turn left, then immediately right
onto Waterford Road. Go about a half-mile to track.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>PLACES TO STAY:</b> </div><div><b>CAMPING</b> </div><div>Free camping available overnight Friday and Saturday at the Waterford Hills
track, starting at 6 p.m. Friday. Restrooms, showers available and possibly electrical hookups.</div><div><br /></div><div>STATE CAMPGROUNDS (www.michigan.gov/dnr).
Highland Recreation Area, 5200 E. Highland Road (M-59), White Lake,
248-889-3750. Two miles east of Highland.
Holly Recreation Area, 8100 Grange Hall Road, Holly, 248-634-8811. Five miles
east of Holly.
Ortonville Recreation Area, 5779 Hadley Road, Ortonville, 810-797-4439. Four miles northeast of Ortonville.
Pontiac Lake Recreation Area, 7800 Gale Road, Waterford, 248-666-1020.
Closest to Waterford Hills track, about 4 miles west. </div><div><br /></div><div>OAKLAND COUNTY: Groveland Oaks County Park, 14555 Dixie Hwy., Holly,
northeast of Holly, 248-634-9811.</div><div><br /></div><div>PRIVATE CAMPGROUND: Detroit Sportsmen’s Congress Horseshoe Lake Campground, 1050 E. Oakwood Road, Oxford, 248-628-3859, e-mail dscoffice@gmail.com, www.d-s-c.org </div><div><br /></div><div><b>MOTELS </b> </div><div>Clarkston - Clarkston Motor Inn, 6853 Dixie Hwy. (US-10), 248-625-1522, 12 rooms, 2 miles northeast. </div><div>Clarkston - Olde Mill Inn of Clarkston, 5835 Dixie Hwy., 248-623-0300. Across Dixie Highway from Waterford Road leading to track. This is the closest motel to the track. (Note: Has been operating as long-term stay only during pandemic, so may not be accepting reservations/guests for one- or two-night stays.) </div><div>Hartland - Best Western of Hartland, 10087 M-59 at US-23, 810-632-7177, 61 rooms. About 18 miles west. </div><div>Waterford – Quality Inn and Suites, 7076 Highland Road (M-59), 248-666-8555, 111 rooms. About 3 miles southwest. </div><div>Waterford – Waterford Motel, 2201 Dixie Hwy. at Telegraph Road, 248-338-4061, 50 rooms. About 6 miles southeast. </div><div>Waterford – Holiday Inn Express, 4350 Pontiac Lake Road, 248-674-3434, 83 rooms. About 7 miles southwest. </div><div>Whitmore Lake – Days Inn of Whitemore Lake, 9897 Main St. (off US-23, exit 53), 734-449-2058, 61 rooms. About 33 miles southwest. </div><div><br /></div><div>
<b>Note:</b> The Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Association was formed in
July 1984 and officially came to an end Sept. 30, 2016, due to a lack of
active members willing to continue to run the organization. However, the
Michigan HPV Rally continues this year and hopefully in future years. </div><div> This
blog, website (www.mhpva.org) and Facebook page
(www.facebook.com/mhpva) continue.
</div>Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14555655123109522264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029111456498948871.post-56526553177869258172021-07-01T23:46:00.026-04:002021-07-02T09:56:21.130-04:00Coming attraction to the Michigan HPV Rally<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Information about the 36th annual Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Rally, Aug. 21-22, 2021, is the next entry down.</b></span></p><p><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial;">In posting the information on this blog about each year’s upcoming Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Rally, I include this sentence:</span></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><i>Even if you don’t want to compete, come and see some unusual and very fast cycles.</i></span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;">If you come to this year’s rally, Aug. 21-22 – if all goes as planned – you will see two very interesting front-wheel-drive recumbents, with the </span>pedal cranks and front wheel sharing a common axle. </span></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The creator, Ronald Thompson, and his wife, Peggy, will be coming with his creations all the way from Bel Air, Maryland, and plan to be there from Friday afternoon until Sunday, “As much to meet the people and talk bikes as for the racing,” he said in his email to me.</span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: arial;">At my request, he wrote the following, with some editing by me, and sent me the photos. </span></span></p><p align="LEFT" style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: arial;"> – Mike Eliasohn</span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><span><span style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> My current bikes are of a “road tour” disposition, so I am not optimistic about competing against the pure racers. I don’t think I can get my “road race” configuration done by August. </span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX7tQ3u2PVDOq5_meNqCP1yq-Pe8vdVPKfe1JJgT6hmlZGPFIViibjhXjLBnkU0KS1G8FNMj8u9diV9JJCMU8tP6AoXlIvhNab2WCTpPoDvAiyvsJ-rb2gQR_XlT6YYaGo3NJS4Q5GZnKW/s2048/IMG_20200919_092749822.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1225" data-original-width="2048" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX7tQ3u2PVDOq5_meNqCP1yq-Pe8vdVPKfe1JJgT6hmlZGPFIViibjhXjLBnkU0KS1G8FNMj8u9diV9JJCMU8tP6AoXlIvhNab2WCTpPoDvAiyvsJ-rb2gQR_XlT6YYaGo3NJS4Q5GZnKW/w400-h239/IMG_20200919_092749822.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><p style="text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: arial;"> <span face="Arial, sans-serif">Yes, I was at the Michigan HPV Rally, but without a bike, and then rode at the Chicago velodrome event maybe the next year (editor: he was at the HPV races in Northbrook, Ill., in 2016) and saw my photos posted from that event. </span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTVDnQ_wHN3rywzJtMMkH4F2N3-euJGQIpuJUMwF8WJ8anCEOfIfKMHYx5ievtNhFrhhi7JdDzqRffsk6jaeG8gvJtVbjzq64xN1g1Pidrs-p5GD3Q0OoFjWjjTobpeQiDdQUVMriISm8J/s2048/IMG_20200427_112323597.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1245" data-original-width="2048" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTVDnQ_wHN3rywzJtMMkH4F2N3-euJGQIpuJUMwF8WJ8anCEOfIfKMHYx5ievtNhFrhhi7JdDzqRffsk6jaeG8gvJtVbjzq64xN1g1Pidrs-p5GD3Q0OoFjWjjTobpeQiDdQUVMriISm8J/w400-h244/IMG_20200427_112323597.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRL_BbdTohdNE23_4FJDX_WE9j8GORnNUvEFDro_9Hn7z17ZtifzjfB93Xjo0S6XbG_0MUmxAO_dls6QyH_o5GH6YcXibALEet43aVbukkLg56kQolJhEvVE-vsvOeE8f9sllTPsrUVD_2/s2048/IMG_20210528_165000221.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRL_BbdTohdNE23_4FJDX_WE9j8GORnNUvEFDro_9Hn7z17ZtifzjfB93Xjo0S6XbG_0MUmxAO_dls6QyH_o5GH6YcXibALEet43aVbukkLg56kQolJhEvVE-vsvOeE8f9sllTPsrUVD_2/w400-h300/IMG_20210528_165000221.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">Finally, I expect to be on the </span><i>Laidback Bike Report </i><span face="Calibri, sans-serif">on 11 July. Gary Solomon has asked, and I’ve agreed to provide a pretty good overview of my bikes. Lots of photos and short video and concluding with a short new historical perspective – Included as I can’t help believing this is a historic change in bike capability. Hoping people will enjoy it. </span></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="-webkit-standard"> </span><span>I have attached an article about the “Prototype 2” version of my bike that I wrote, mostly for my own documentation, back in 2016. It describes the bike I rode in Chicago (Northbrook). UK bicycle historian and author Tony Hadland published it on his blog (hadland.wordpress.com), with introductory remarks as below. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 5.25pt;"><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 24pt;">Ron Thompson’s G4 Recumbent Bicycle<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><i>Posted on <a href="https://hadland.wordpress.com/2021/05/05/ron-thompsons-g4-recumbent-bicycle/" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #404040;">05/05/2021</span></a> by <a href="https://hadland.wordpress.com/author/hadland/" style="color: blue;"><span style="color: #404040;">Tony Hadland</span></a><o:p></o:p></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 21pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ron Thompson, based in Maryland, USA, has created a recumbent bicycle concept which he calls the G4. The reason for this name is explained in the article he has written about his second prototype, P2. Prototypes P3, P4 and P5 have since followed, and development continues.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in 0in 21pt;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">Ron and his wife have ridden the prototypes more than 20,000 miles. He thinks many people would enjoy them – both current riders and those not comfortable with conventional upright bikes. He is now looking for ways to make the G4 bike configuration available. A US patent based on the P3 configuration is pending. The focus of the patent is effective input of supplemental hand power, a matter which in the past has been contentious.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: #404040; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12pt;">You can download Ron’s article in the PDF file “g4-bike” below. He would welcome your comments and questions, so his email address is at the end of the article.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0in;"><a href="https://hadland.wordpress.com/2021/05/05/ron-thompsons-g4-recumbent-bicycle/" style="color: blue;">https://hadland.wordpress.com/2021/05/05/ron-thompsons-g4-recumbent-bicycle/</a></p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><p></p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> </p>Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14555655123109522264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029111456498948871.post-82495158756324069912020-04-20T21:36:00.002-04:002020-08-04T21:39:09.702-04:00No Michigan HPV Rally - or get-together<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>The article below mentions the possibility of an informal get-together for HPVers in August, in lieu of the cancelled Michigan HPV Rally.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Unfortunately, there are no signs the COVID-19 pandemic is "slowing down," plus I haven't detected much enthusiasm for my idea, so there WON'T be a get-together/gathering.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>As of when I write this (July 6), the only HPV event still scheduled is Dennis Grelk's event in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, mentioned below. (Update as of Aug. 4: Dennis has now cancelled his event for this year.)</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Another event that would have been of interest to HPVers, the Recumbent Cycle-Con trade show scheduled Oct. 9-11 in Dayton, Ohio, was recently rescheduled to Oct. 8-10, 2021.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>May "normal" return in 2021 and may we all still be around then to enjoy our fun activities.</i></span><br />
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span>
<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><i> – Mike</i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">By Mike Eliasohn</span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"> <span style="font-family: helveticaneue;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">What
would have been the 36</span><sup><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">th</span></sup><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">
annual Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Rally May 16-17 at the
Waterford Hills sports car racing track in Clarkston has been
canceled. It will not be rescheduled (until 2021), although there is
the possibility of a “gathering” later (please keep reading).</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">According
to an email from Garrie Hill, who coordinates insurance for the Human
Powered Race America events, “Our carrier says that until a full
‘all clear“ is issued from each state government involved, no
insurance binders will be issued. As far as I can say, no
insurance for liability means no race.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Conceivably co-organizer Mike Mowett and I could have rescheduled the rally for later, likely
in August, but there would still be the possibility of having to
cancel that date.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Hopefully
things will be back to semi-normal by August, but it’s hard to
conceive there will be an “all clear” by then.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Please consider attending Dennis Grelk’s races at Hawkeye Downs Raceway in Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, on Sept. 19-20, which may be the only HPRA event this
year. For most of us, it’s a long drive to Cedar Rapids, but keep in mind that Dennis and his family have been making the
long drive from Iowa to our events for many years. For details, go to
</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arialmt, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></span><a href="https://midwesthpv.blogspot.com/"><span style="color: #420178;"><span style="font-family: arialmt, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><u>https://midwesthpv.blogspot.com/</u></span></span></span></a></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>Also,
in lieu of the Michigan HPV Rally, would people be interested in
attending an informal gathering, an opportunity to view, test ride
and talk recumbents and other interesting cycles.</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">What
I (Mike E.) have in mind is meeting some place on a Saturday in
August from say 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m., possibly Aug. 8, since that’s
the day prior to Owosso Bike Fest – if that event is held.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I’m
thinking a large parking lot – on a college campus, at a factory,
semi-abandoned shopping center or a big church – near I-94
somewhere between Ann Arbor and Detroit. Access to a restroom(s)
will be a must.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">No
registration, no entry fees (though we might have to take up a
collection to pay someone to clean the restrooms) and no racing,
since we won’t have insurance. And, if, for instance, social
distancing and/or wearing masks is still highly recommended, easy to
cancel (that is, no advance preparation being required, hence no wasted
effort).</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">I’m thinking we can invite freak bikers and other builders/riders of
interesting cycles.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>So
if you think a gathering is a good idea, OR NOT, please email me at
<a href="mailto:mikethebike2325@comcast.com">mikethebike2325@comcast.com</a> or call 269-281-0797. And, for us to meet, we need a place, so please send me your
suggestions and be willing to make contacts.</b></span></span></span></div>
Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Associationhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14555655123109522264noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2029111456498948871.post-26630051781845746162020-07-06T15:11:00.000-04:002020-07-06T15:11:25.606-04:00A rolling tribute to 'Chainsaw'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><i>Editor’s note: Jim “Chainsaw” Johnson of Holly, who played a big role in creation of Terry Gerweck’s latest project, died April 22 at age 60. Among survivors were his wife, Dora “Giggles” Johnson, who also is mentioned in this article.</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;"><i><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">From his obituary: </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Jim was a co-founder of Freakbike Nation; he grew a huge family of followers of like-minded people having fun with a hobby."</span></i></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><br /><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><i>By Terry Gerweck, Monroe, Mich.</i></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">My latest project bike is my answer to a fat tire cruiser, with the usual urge to have something you can’t go buy! </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Like all my builds, it floated around in my head long enough for me to “acquire” most of the raw materials to start construction. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The rear portion of the frame and bottom bracket are from a really rough Schwinn / Orange County Chopper Stingray purchased at the Ann Arbor-Saline Classic Bicycle Show and Swap Meet (while there with Jim and Dora).</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The front triangle of the frame is from a kinda unique 20-inch wheel Parker bicycle picked up from someone’s trash. A couple chunks of curved tubes from my “raw materials” stock formed the top tube.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The fork and the front wheel (which is really another rear wheel) came from Jim’s stash of parts when Dora was attempting to clean out their storage unit. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The wheels and tires are both 20 x 4 -1/4 inch units from Schwinn / OCC Stingrays. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">It has wheelbase of 48.5 in., is currently running as a single speed and is geared to go “nowhere fast.” It might eventually be upgraded to have gears and a derailleur. I haven’t weighed the thing, but it’s not too bad, probably 35 pounds or so.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">This was to be a conspiracy build with Jim Johnson. We were going to do the actual build – welding, assembly and all – on Saturday morning at Bike Fest in Owosso last summer. We had talked and schemed about it, sharing the plans and parts list. Jim was gonna bring the welder and I was gonna bring the grinder.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But we didn’t get around to it last year and then Jim got sick and, well, procrastination won.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">As I still had most of the pieces and parts, the bike still wanted to be built and a tribute to Jim seemed the perfect motivation. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">To top it off Dora, in an effort to spread the love, invited their freak bike friends to Jim’s “work shop” to cherry pick his years’ long collection of EVERYTHING that could be imagined in a freak bike that Jim would have built. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">More than one of us “cherry picking’ Freaks” have or will dedicate the build the acquired parts turn up in to Jim’s spirit. In my case, the front wheel and fork and a couple things yet to be determined went into this project. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The motivation part came when Dora chose to have a memorial Freak Bike Ride in Holly on June 5 to take Jim to his final resting place. So you see, Jim and Dora, “Chainsaw” and “Giggles,” still had a hand in this build. Just not the way originally planned.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Terry and his yet-to-be-named creation at the memorial ride for Jim "Chainsaw" Johnson June 5 in Holly. About 20 Freakbikers participated.</i></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">At the moment, it is finished in typical freakbike fashion, that is welded, assembled, and ridden, no paint required! It will likely get a coat of paint, some special stickers and there are a couple additional modifications planned.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The still un-named project rides as well as I intended (and better than I deserve) and I think Jim would approve. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Of course it runs a tag that says,“Why run with scissors when you can ride with CHAINSAW”.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>THE RALLY HAS BEEN CANCELED; IT WILL NOT BE RESCHEDULED THIS YEAR. HOWEVER, THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF AN INFORMAL GET-TOGETHER FOR HPVers, PROBABLY IN AUGUST. SEE ENTRY ABOVE DATED APRIL 20.</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The
36<sup>th</sup> annual Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Rally will be
May 16-17, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">2020, at the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Waterford Hills sports car racing track in
Clarkston, the location </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">since 1986.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The
oldest such event in North America is open to riders of all human</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">powered </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">vehicles – recumbents, streamliners, regular bicycles,
tandems </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and handcycles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There
are classes for streamlined, unstreamlined cycles, tandems, women, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">youth </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">and </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">tricycles. The rally is conducted using Human Powered Race </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">America </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">rules </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">(go to </span><a href="http://www.recumbents.com/" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">www.recumbents.com</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">,
then under “recumbent racing,”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">click on </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">“Human </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Powered Race </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">America,” then on “racing rules.” Note: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">HPRA </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">rules </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">require all </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">vehicles to have a mirror</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">or mirrors enabling rear </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">vision to </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">both
sides.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The
track, on the grounds of the Oakland County Sportsmen’s Club, is </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1.4 miles </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">around, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">with nine turns and one hill. Sunday races use a
shorter </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">course without </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the hill.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "verdana" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;"><b>Entry fees:</b></span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #262626;"> $20 for one day, $35 for two days. </span><span style="color: #1d1d1d;">C</span></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "verdana" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;">ollege and high school teams </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "verdana" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;">registering in advance, $35 for first vehicle and rider; $10 for each additional </span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "verdana" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica" , sans-serif;">vehicle or rider. </span></span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , "verdana" , "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;"><i>Spectators </i></span></span></span><i style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: arialmt, sans-serif;">free. </i><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;">We anticipate starting online advance </span><br />
<span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;">registration in mid-April – if it looks like we will </span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;">still conduct the rally on the</span><br />
<span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;">original dates.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Prize
money will be awarded to top finishers in each class.
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Free
camping available at track Friday and Saturday nights, with indoor </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">showers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i><b>Even
if you don’t want to compete, come and see some unusual </b></i></span><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>and </i></span><i style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">very fast cycles.</i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>SATURDAY,
</b>May 16</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">8
a.m. – Registration and technical inspection starts.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">9:30
– One-hour time trial (streamliner, streetliner, tricycle classes).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">11
– One-hour time trial (stock, junior, women, tandem classes).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Noon
– lunch, concession stand at track will be open.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">12:15
p.m. – Hot laps on short loop, all classes, ride as many laps as </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">you </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">want; your </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">fastest lap counts, electronic timing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1:30-2:30
– Hill climb/coast down. Race up the hill from a standing start,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">then </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">when you </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">get to the top, start coasting. Coast as far as you can
go, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">then mark </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">your stopping point </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">with chalk (provided). Separate
scores/points </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">for time up the </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">hill and distance coasted.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">After
2:30 – Tricycle race (no hill) and urban transportation contest.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dinner
at local restaurants. Track will be open in evening for riding.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>SUNDAY</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">8:30-9:30
a.m. – Flying start 200-foot sprints (all classes).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">10
– Short course (no hill) road race (faired classes), about 12
miles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">11
– Short course (no hill) road race (unfaired classes), about 9
miles.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Awards
ceremony after last race, expected by 12:30 p.m. Concession</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">stand </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">expected </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">to be open.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Questions:
Contact Mike Eliasohn (<a href="mailto:mikethebike2325@comcast.net">mikethebike2325@comcast.net</a>, </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">269-281-0797) </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">or </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mike Mowett (</span><a href="mailto:mowett@aol.com" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">mowett@aol.com</a><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">,
586-863-3902)</span></div>
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GET TO THE RALLY: </b></span></span><span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">From
I-75, get off at exit 91. Take M-15 south </span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">to Dixie Hwy. (US-24).
Turn left, continuing south about 1 mile and turn </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">left onto
Waterford Road, then proceed to track.If coming from the west, </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">take U.S. 23 north (or south) to M-59 (Highland Road). Go east
on M-59 </span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">to Airport Road, then left (north) to US-24. Turn left,
then immediately right</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">onto Waterford Road. Go about a half-mile
to track.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;"><b>PLACES
TO STAY:</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;"><b>CAMPING</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;">Free
camping available overnight Friday and Saturday at the
Waterford Hills </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;">Sportsman Club, site of the HPV rally, starting
at 6 p.m. Friday. Restrooms,</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;">showers available and possibly
electrical hookups.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">STATE
CAMPGROUNDS (</span></span></span><a href="http://www.michigan.gov/dnr"><span style="color: #283341;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;">www.michigan.gov/dnr</span></u></span></span></a><span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">,
then click on "things to do,”</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">then “camping,” then “find
a campground,” then “make a reservation.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;">Highland
Recreation Area, 5200 E. Highland Road (M-59), White Lake, </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;">248-889-3750. Two miles east of Highland.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;">Holly
Recreation Area, 8100 Grand Road, Holly, 248-634-8811. Five
miles </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;">east </span></span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;">of Holly.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;">Pontiac
Lake Recreation Area, 7800 Gale Road, Waterford, 248-666-1020. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;">Closest to Waterford Hills track, about 4 miles west.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;">OAKLAND
COUNTY: Groveland Oaks County Park, 14555 Dixie Hwy., Holly, </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;">northeast of Holly, 248-634-9811.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">PRIVATE
CAMPGROUNDS (</span></span></span><a href="http://www.michcampgrounds.com/"><span style="color: #283341;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;">www.michcampgrounds.com</span></u></span></span></a><span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">):
Detroit Sports-</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">men’s Congress Horseshoe Lake Campground, 1050 E.
Oakwood Road,</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Oxford, 248-628-3859,
e-mail </span></span></span><a href="mailto:dscoffice@gmail.com"><span style="color: #283341;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;">dscoffice@gmail.com</span></u></span></span></a><span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">, </span></span></span><a href="http://www.d-s-c.org/"><span style="color: #283341;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;">www.d-s-c.org</span></u></span></span></a></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;"><b>MOTELS</b></span></span><span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> (with
approximate distances/direction from Waterford Hills track)</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;">Clarkston
- Clarkston Motor Inn, 6853 Dixie Hwy. (US-10), 248-625-1522, </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;"> 12 rooms, 2 miles northeast.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;">Clarkston
- Olde Mill Inn of Clarkston, 5835 Dixie Hwy., 248-623-0300. </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;"> Across
Dixie Highway from Waterford Road leading to track. This is
the</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;"> closest motel to the track.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;">Hartland
- Best Western of Hartland, 10087 M-59 at US-23, 810-632-7177,</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;"> 61 rooms. About 18 miles west.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;">Waterford
– Quality Inn and Suites, 7076 Highland Road (M-59),</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;"> 248-666-8555,
111 rooms. About 3 miles southwest.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;">Waterford
– Waterford Motel, 2201 Dixie Hwy. at Telegraph Road,</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;"> 248-338-4061,
50 rooms. About 6 miles southeast.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;">Waterford
– Holiday Inn Express, 4350 Pontiac Lake Road, </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;"> 248-674-3434, 83
rooms. About 7 miles southwest.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;">Whitmore
Lake – Days Inn by Wyndham Whitemore Lake, 9897 Main St.</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #1d1d1d;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;"> (off
US-23, exit 53), 734-550-0105, 61 rooms. About 33 miles
southwest.</span></span></div>
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<a href="http://www.recumbents.com/hpra/hprarules.htm"><span style="color: #141c27;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Note:
The Michigan Human Powered Vehicle Association was formed in </span></span></span></span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.recumbents.com/hpra/hprarules.htm"><span style="color: #141c27;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">July
1984 and officially came to an end Sept. 30, 2016, due to a lack of </span></span></span></span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.recumbents.com/hpra/hprarules.htm"><span style="color: #141c27;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">active members willing to continue to run the organization. However,
the </span></span></span></span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.recumbents.com/hpra/hprarules.htm"><span style="color: #141c27;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Michigan HPV Rally continues this year and hopefully in future
years. This</span></span></span></span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.recumbents.com/hpra/hprarules.htm"><span style="color: #141c27;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">blog, website (www.mhpva.org) and Facebook page </span></span></span></span></a><br />
<a href="http://www.recumbents.com/hpra/hprarules.htm"><span style="color: #141c27;"><span style="font-family: "arialmt" , sans-serif;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">(www.facebook.com/mhpva) continue.</span></span></span></span></a></div>
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